Mediums, Monks, and Amulets: Thai Popular Buddhism Today Genders Her essays on literature became

Her essays on literature became the foundation of modern Thai literary criticism and her novels are now recognized as unique social histories of the times in which she lived

who published accounts of his first two journeys to Siam

and La Loubere describing the Dutch settlement at the Cape

” As Wyatt points out in his general introduction

Mediums, Monks, and Amulets: Thai Popular Buddhism Today Genders Her essays on literature becameMediums, Monks, and Amulets is a sophisticated yet accessible study of the state of popular Buddhist beliefs as they are practiced in Thailand today. Using a combination of focused case studies and analysis, Pattana Kitiarsa explores the nature and evolution of popular Buddhism over the past three decades by focusing on those individuals who practice, popularize, and profit from it. The case studies profiled in this book include prominent spirit