Childbirth and Tradition in Northeast Thailand
Forty Years of Development and Cultural Change
Anders Poulsen
Edited by Pernille Askerud

Ritual texts translated with a commentary by Supranee Khammuang and Pernille Askerud
ISBN- 978-87-7694-003-4
900g, 287 pp, 215x222mm
Baht 925

• A unique longitudinal study spanning some 40 years of childbirth practices, cultural change and social development in NE Thailand.
• Advances a theory of why some traditions maintain their vitality while others fade away.

‘The distinctive feature and achievement of Anders Poulsen’s study is that it is longitudinal in scope spanning some forty years. … For this reason alone it is unique in the social science ethnographic literature pertaining to Thailand, Laos, Burma (and possibly the rest of Southeast Asia). … It is a tour de force, unmatched by any other account pertaining … first to Northeast Thailand and Laos, and then to Thailand as a whole.’ (Stanley J. Tambiah, Harvard University)

‘Dr Poulsen’s focus on childbirth in this rural area serves as the most in-depth analysis of this topic that ever was or will be attempted.’ (Thomas Oakland, University of Florida)