• DOI:10.1017/S0022463406000737
Corpus ID: 162779371

Khmerness and the Thai ‘Other’: Violence, Discourse and Symbolism in the 2003 Anti-Thai Riots in Cambodia

@article{Hinton2006KhmernessAT,
  title={Khmerness and the Thai ‘Other’: Violence, Discourse and Symbolism in the 2003 Anti-Thai Riots in Cambodia},
  author={A. Hinton},
  journal={Journal of Southeast Asian Studies},
  year={2006},
  volume={37},
  pages={445-468}
}

A. Hinton

Published 2006

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Journal of Southeast Asian Studies

If this Thai actress said that she hates Cambodians like dogs, we would like to tell her that Cambodians throughout the country hate Thais like leeches that suck other nations' blood.... If it is true, Kongying must lower her head to the ground and salute by placing palm to palm in order to apologize to Cambodians, who are a gentle and polite race and have never encroached on other countries' land. It is insulting enough for Cambodians to hear Thais wickedly saying to their children, 'You must… CONTINUE READING

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