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Stories and Struggle: Translating the Thai Leftist Movement (1970s-early 1980s)

Wachira-Asakon, Anchana (2024) COSM40 20241
Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University
Abstract
Despite previous studies extensively focusing on the domestic aspects of the Thai radical and left-wing movement, Thai left-wing publications, and its cultural politics, little is known about the comparative and transnational perspectives. This thesis examines the Thai Leftist Movement and its articulations from the 1970s to the early 1980s in Thailand and Europe, demonstrating how translation plays out as a form of political activism. Employing critical discourse analysis of left-wing publications, the thesis reveals the insurgency of language that forms Leftist discourses of resistance, justice and solidarity. Additionally, the findings suggest that translation can be seen as a political act and intervention that connects and facilitates... (More)
Despite previous studies extensively focusing on the domestic aspects of the Thai radical and left-wing movement, Thai left-wing publications, and its cultural politics, little is known about the comparative and transnational perspectives. This thesis examines the Thai Leftist Movement and its articulations from the 1970s to the early 1980s in Thailand and Europe, demonstrating how translation plays out as a form of political activism. Employing critical discourse analysis of left-wing publications, the thesis reveals the insurgency of language that forms Leftist discourses of resistance, justice and solidarity. Additionally, the findings suggest that translation can be seen as a political act and intervention that connects and facilitates the Thai Leftist Movement across space. (Less)
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author
Wachira-Asakon, Anchana
supervisor
organization
course
COSM40 20241
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Thai Leftist Movement, Left-wing publications, Critical Discourse Analysis, Translation
language
English
id
9171164
date added to LUP
2024-08-07 09:36:50
date last changed
2024-08-07 09:36:50
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  abstract     = {{Despite previous studies extensively focusing on the domestic aspects of the Thai radical and left-wing movement, Thai left-wing publications, and its cultural politics, little is known about the comparative and transnational perspectives. This thesis examines the Thai Leftist Movement and its articulations from the 1970s to the early 1980s in Thailand and Europe, demonstrating how translation plays out as a form of political activism. Employing critical discourse analysis of left-wing publications, the thesis reveals the insurgency of language that forms Leftist discourses of resistance, justice and solidarity. Additionally, the findings suggest that translation can be seen as a political act and intervention that connects and facilitates the Thai Leftist Movement across space.}},
  author       = {{Wachira-Asakon, Anchana}},
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  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Stories and Struggle: Translating the Thai Leftist Movement (1970s-early 1980s)}},
  year         = {{2024}},
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