Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Notes on Transliteration vii
4. Preface ix
5. 1. Finding a Place 1
6. 2. Long-Distance Merit-Making 17
7. 3. Thai Art and the Authority of the Past 43
8. 4. From Buddhist Stories to Modern Art 71
9. 5. “Going Outside” and the Experience of Modernity 95
10. 6. Art, Identity, and Performance 123
11. 7. Tourists and Templegoers, Religion and Art 147
12. Notes 163
13. Glossary 195
14. Bibliography 197
15. Index 209