Khmerness and the Thai 'other': Violence, discourse and symbolism in the 2003 anti-Thai riots in Cambodia

TY - JOUR

T1 - Khmerness and the Thai 'other'

T2 - Violence, discourse and symbolism in the 2003 anti-Thai riots in Cambodia

AU - Hinton, Alexander

PY - 2006/10

Y1 - 2006/10

N2 - On 29 January 2003, a Cambodian mob burned down the Thai Embassy in Phnom Penh. This article explores the roots of this violence, arguing that the anti-Thai riots were linked in part to a set of discourses and imagery that have long been central to assertions of 'Khmerness' and constructions of the 'Other'.

AB - On 29 January 2003, a Cambodian mob burned down the Thai Embassy in Phnom Penh. This article explores the roots of this violence, arguing that the anti-Thai riots were linked in part to a set of discourses and imagery that have long been central to assertions of 'Khmerness' and constructions of the 'Other'.

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U2 - 10.1017/S0022463406000737

DO - 10.1017/S0022463406000737

M3 - Article

SN - 0022-4634

VL - 37

SP - 445

EP - 468

JO - Journal of Southeast Asian Studies

JF - Journal of Southeast Asian Studies

IS - 3

ER -