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Muslim Thai Bibliography

3. Anthropology

Amporn Marddent. (2007).  Sexual Culture Among Young Migrant Muslims in Bangkok. Chiang Mai: Silkworm Books.

Anderson, W. W. (1988).  The Social World and Play Life of Thai Muslim Adolescents. Asian Folklore Studies, 47(1), 1–17.

Anderson, W. W. (1988).  Thai Muslim Children’s Play Culture. In A. D. W. Forbes (Ed.), The Muslims of Thailand. Volume 1 (pp. 111–122). Bihar: Centre for South East Asian Studies.

Anderson, W. W. (2005).  Beyond the Cockfight: Masculinity and the Thai Dove-Cooing Contest. Manusya Journal of Humanities, 9, 80–91.

Anderson, W. W. (2008).  Andaman Coast Muslim Social Circles and Friendship Networks. Manusya: Journal of Humanities, 11(4), 82–98.

Anderson, W. W. (2010).  Mapping Thai Muslims: Community Dynamics and Change on the Andaman Coast. Chiang Mai: Silkworm Books.

Anderson, W. W., & Anderson, D. D. (1986).  Thai Muslim Adolescents’ Self, Sexuality, and Autonomy. Ethos, 14(4), 368–394.

Anusorn Unno. (2011).  "We Love Mr. King": Exceptional Sovereignty, Submissive Subjectivity, and Mediated Agency in Islamic Southern Thailand. (Ph.D. dissertation). University of Washington, Seattle.

Anusorn Unno. (2016).  "Rao Rak Nay Luang": Crafting Malay Muslims’ Subjectivity through the Sovereign Thai Monarch. Thammasat Review, 19(2), 42–62.

Anusorn Unno. (2017).  "Raya Kita": Malay Muslims of Southern Thailand and the King. Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, 22. Retrieved from kyotoreview.org

Anusorn Unno. (2018).  We Love Mr King: Malay Muslims of Southern Thailand in the Wake of the Unrest. Singapore: ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute.

Aphichet Kirichot, Sopee Untaya, & Supachai Singyabuth. (2014).  The Culture of Sound: A Case Study of Birdsong Competition in Chana District, Thailand. Asian Culture and History, 7(1), 5–15.

Banks, D. J. (1980).  Politics and Ethnicity on the Thai–Malay Frontier: The Historical Role of the Thai-Speaking Muslims of Kedah. Kabar Sebarang, 7, 98–113.

Bayu Mitra Adhyatma Kusuma. (2020).  Nakhon Si Thammarat Muslim Business Club: Managing Da’wah and Entrepreneurship among Muslim Minorities in Southern Thailand. Jurnal Ilmiah Syi’ar, 20(1), 104–116.

Burr, A. M. R. (1972–1988).  Multiple works on religion, ritual, and social structure in Southern Thai coastal villages, including:

  • Buddhism, Islam and Spirit Beliefs and Practices in a Southern Thai Coastal Fishing Village. Journal of the Siam Society, 60(2), 183–215.

  • Group Ideology, Consciousness and Social Problems. Anthropos, 62(3–4), 433–446.

  • Pigs in Noah’s Ark: A Muslim Origin Myth from Southern Thailand. Folklore, 90(2), 178–185.

  • Thai-Speaking Muslims in Two Southern Thai Coastal Fishing Villages. In A. D. W. Forbes (Ed.), The Muslims in Thailand. Volume 1 (pp. 53–84). Bihar: Centre for South East Asian Studies.

Chan Johnson, I. (2012).  The Buddha on Mecca’s Verandah: Encounters, Mobilities, and Histories along the Malaysian–Thai Border. Seattle: University of Washington Press.

Chavivun Prachuabmoh. (1985).  Changing Values in Market Trading: A Thai Muslim Case Study. In K. L. Hutterer et al. (Eds.), Cultural Values and Human Ecology in Southeast Asia (pp. 279–306). Ann Arbor: University of Michigan.

Cornish, A. (1989).  Relations Between Malay Rubber Producers and Thai Government Officials in a Development Project in Southern Thailand. (Ph.D.). Australian National University, Canberra.

Cornish, A. (1997).  Whose Place Is This? Malay Rubber Producers and Thai Government Officials in Yala. Bangkok: White Lotus Press.

Dalrymple, G. H., Joll, C. M., & Shamsul, A. B. (2023).  Malayness in the Thai South: Ethnonym Use and Cultural Heritage among Muslims in Chana District, Songkhla. Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, 38(2), 195–222.

Dorarirajoo, S. (2002–2019).  Multiple papers on Islam, ethnicity, and seafood culture in Southern Thailand, including:

  • From Mecca to Yala: Negotiating Islam in Present-Day Southern Thailand. City University Hong Kong.

  • Halal Crab, Haram Crab: Understanding Islam in Southern Thailand Through the Lens of Seafood. In J. Dürrschmidt & Y. Kautt (Eds.), Globalized Eating Cultures (pp. 267–287). Cham: Springer.

Fraser, T. M. (1960, 1966).

  • Rusembilan: A Malay Fishing Village in Southern Thailand. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.

  • Fishermen of Southern Thailand: The Malay Villagers. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.

Golomb, L. (1978–1986).  Multiple works on curing, ethnic adaptation, and cultural intermediaries in Southern Thailand, including:

  • Brokers of Morality: Thai Ethnic Adaptation in a Rural Malaysian Setting. Hawaii: University Press of Hawaii.

  • Curing and Sociocultural Separatism in South Thailand. Social Science and Medicine, 21(4), 463–468.

  • Ethnic Minorities as Magical/Medical Specialists in Malaysia and Thailand. In S. A. Carstens (Ed.), Cultural Identity in Northern Peninsular Malaysia (pp. ix, 91 p.). Athens, OH: Ohio University.

Golomb, L. (1988).  Supernaturalist Curers and Sorcery Accusations in Thailand. Social Science and Medicine, 27(5), 437–443.

Golomb, L. (1988).  The Interplay of Traditional Therapies in South Thailand. Social Science and Medicine, 27(8), 761–768.

Guelden, M. (2002).  Celestial Discourse: Female Spirit Mediums Channel Gendered Communication in Modernizing Southern Thailand. Paper presented at The First Inter-Dialogue Conference on Southern Thailand, Pattani. [Online]

Guelden, M. (2005).  Spirit Mediumship in Southern Thailand: The Feminization of Nora Ancestral Possession. In Wattana Sungannasil (Ed.), Dynamic Diversity in South Thailand (pp. 179–212). Chiang Mai: Silkworm Books.

Guelden, M. (2005).  Ancestral Spirit Mediumship in Southern Thailand: The Nora Performance as a Symbol of the South on the Periphery of a Buddhist Nation-State. (Ph.D.). University of Hawaii.

Heinze, R.-I. (1988).  Socio-Psychological Aspects of the Work of Thai-Muslim Bomohs in Pattani. In A. D. W. Forbes (Ed.), The Muslims in Thailand. Volume 1 (pp. 135–154). Bihar: Centre for South East Asian Studies.

Horstmann, A. (1997–2015).  Extensive works on modernization, Islamization, and identity in Southern Thailand, including:

  • Hybrid Processes of Modernization and Globalization. Bielefeld: University of Bielefeld.

  • Ethnohistorical Perspectives on Buddhist–Muslim Relations. Sojourn, 19(1), 76–99.

  • The Inculturation of a Transnational Islamic Missionary Movement. Sojourn, 22(1), 107–130.

  • Feminization of Islam? Agency and Visibility of Women in Southern Thailand’s Tablighi Jama’at. In H. Ahmed-Ghosh (Ed.), Contesting Feminisms (pp. 49–68). New York: SUNY Press.

Joll, C. M. (2006–2016).  Multiple works on Muslim identity, merit-making, and religious diversity in Southern Thailand, including:

  • What’s in a Name?: The Politics of Muslim Identity. Paper presented at South Thailand Political Science Conference.

  • Muslim Merit-Making in Thailand’s Far-South. Dordrecht: Springer.

  • Making Sense of Thailand’s “Merit-Making” Muslims. Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations, 25(3), 303–320.

Khatib Ahmad Khan et al. (2023).  A Comparison of Superstitious Beliefs and Rituals in Buddhism and Islam. Pastoral Psychology.

Le Roux, P. (1995).  A Little-Known Treasure of Malay Culture: The Oral Literature of Patani. In Kongres Bahasa Melayu Sedunia, Vol. 1 (pp. 712–721). Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.

Le Roux, P. (1998).  To Be or Not To Be … The Cultural Identity of the Jawi (Thailand). Asian Folklore Studies, 57(2), 223–255.

Merli, C. (2005).  Religious Interpretations of Tsunami in Satun Province, Southern Thailand: Reflections on Ethnographic and Visual Materials. Svensk Religionshistorisk Årsskrift, 14, 154–181.

Merli, C. (2008).  Sunat for Girls in Southern Thailand: Its Relation to Traditional Midwifery, Male Circumcision and Other Obstetrical Practices. Finnish Journal of Ethnicity and Migration, 3(2), 32–41.

Merli, C. (2009).  Bodily Practices and Medical Identities in Southern Thailand. (Ph.D.). Uppsala University, Sweden.

Merli, C. (2010).  Male and Female Genital Cutting Among Southern Thailand’s Muslims: Rituals, Biomedical Practice and Local Discourses. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 1–14.

Merli, C. (2010).  Context-bound Islamic Theodicies: The Tsunami as Supernatural Retribution vs. Natural Catastrophe in South Thailand. Religion, 40(1), 104–111.

Merli, C. (2010).  Muslim Midwives Between Traditions and Modernity: Being and Becoming a Bidan Kampung in Satun Province, Southern Thailand. Moussons, 15, 121–135.

Merli, C. (2011).  Patrescence in Southern Thailand: Cosmological and Social Dimensions of Fatherhood Among the Malay-Muslims. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 13(2), 235–248.

Merli, C. (2012).  Religion and Disaster in Anthropological Research. In M. Kearnes & F. Klauser (Eds.), Critical Risk Research: Practices, Politics and Ethics (pp. 43–58). Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.

Merli, C. (2012).  Negotiating Female Genital Cutting (Sunat) in Southern Thailand. In C. Raghavan & J. Levine (Eds.), Self-Determination and Women’s Rights in Muslim Societies (pp. 169–187). Waltham: Brandeis University Press.

Muhammad Arafat bin Mohamad. (2013).  Be-longing: Fatanis in Makkah and Jawi. (Ph.D. thesis). Harvard University.

Mustafa, R. T. (2011).  The Making of a Cosmopolitan Muslim Place: Islam, Metropolis, State, and the Politics of Belonging in Ban Krua Community, Bangkok. (Ph.D.). University of Oxford.

Nishii, R. (1991–2003).  Extensive works on Muslim–Buddhist relations, peripheral ethnicity, and social memory in Southern Thailand, including:

  • Muslim Communities in Bangkok: A Preliminary Report. In Y. Tsubouchi (Ed.), The Formation of Urban Civilization in Southeast Asia (pp. 74–101). Kyoto: CSEAS, Kyoto University.

  • Death and Practical Religion: Perspectives on Muslim–Buddhist Relationship in Southern Thailand. Tokyo: ILCAA.

  • Religious Identity and the Body at Death: Dynamics of Muslim–Buddhist Relations in a Southern Thai Village. Paper presented at AAS Conference, New York Hilton Hotel.

Nishii, R. (2003–2020).  Extensive works on gender, morality, and Muslim–Buddhist relations in Southern Thailand, including:

  • Gender Moralities and Religious Discourse. Paper presented at the First International Conference on Southeast Asian Studies, Mahidol University.

  • A Corpse Necessitates Disentangled Relationships. In I. Frydenlund & M. Jerryson (Eds.), Buddhist–Muslim Relations in a Theravada World (pp. 169–195). Singapore: Springer.

Omar Farouk Bajunid. (1992).  The Other Side of Bangkok: A Survey of Muslim Presence in Buddhist Thailand’s Capital City. In Y. Tsubouchi (Ed.), The Formation of Urban Civilization in Southeast Asia (pp. 45–59). Kyoto: CSEAS.

Patya, S. (1974).  Social Organization of an Inland Malay Village Community in Southern Thailand. (Ph.D.). University of Oxford.

Polioudakis, E. J. (1989).  Family Strategies and Social Organisation in South Thailand. (Ph.D.). University of Michigan.

Prapon Ruegnarong. (1984).  Treasure of Southern Thai-Muslim: Studying Thai Muslim Folklore in Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat. Pattani: Prince of Songkhla University. (In Thai)

Provencher, R. (2005).  Rusembilan Revisited – Individualism, Capitalism and Internal Colonialism in a Modernizing Malay Community in Pattani Province, Thailand. Paper presented at the Ninth International Conference on Thai Studies, Northern Illinois University.

Ruohomaki, O.-P. (1999).  Fishermen No More: Livelihood and Environment in Southern Thai Maritime Village. Bangkok: White Lotus.

Samak Kosem. (2013).  Muslim Chao Khao: Muslimization and Re-subjectification of Hmong/Akha Youth Amidst the Politics of Conversion in Northern Thailand. Paper presented at the SEAP Graduate Student Conference, Cornell University.

Scupin, R. (1978–1996).  Multiple works on Thai Muslims and Islamic discourse, including:

  • Thai Muslims in Bangkok: Islam and Modernization in a Buddhist Society. (Ph.D.). University of California, Santa Barbara.

  • Language, Hierarchy and Hegemony: Thai Muslim Discourse Strategies. Language Sciences, 10(2), 331–351.

Suthiwong Phongpaibun. (2004).  Ties of Brotherhood: Southern Thai–Malay Cultural Roots. Paper presented at Plural Peninsula Conference, Walailak University.

Tadmor, U. (1991, 1995).

  • The Malay Villagers of Nonthaburi: Cultural Notes. Sari, 10, 69–84.

  • Language Contact and Systemic Restructuring: The Malay Dialect of Nonthaburi. (Ph.D.). University of Hawai’i.

Taweeluck Pollachom. (2012).  In-Between Space: The Identity of Three Generations of Patani Muslim Women in the Modern Education System. (Ph.D.). Walailak University.

Taweeluck Pollachom et al. (2011, 2022).

  • In-Between Space: The Identity of Three Generations of Patani Muslim Women. Rubaiyat Thai Journal of Asian Studies, 2(3), 146–189.

  • Hijab: The Influence of the Islamic Revivalist Movement on Muslim Women in Southernmost Provinces of Thailand. Social Space, 22(2), 162–187.

Tsuneda, M. (2006, 2009).

  • Gendered Crossings: Gender and Migration in Muslim Communities in Thailand’s Southern Border Region. Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia.

  • Navigating Life on the Border: Gender, Marriage, and Identity in Malay Muslim Communities in Southern Thailand. (Ph.D.). University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Umaiyah Haji Umar. (2004).  Malay Cultural and Dialect Loss in Concentrated Muslim Communities of Bangkok and Surrounding Areas. Retrieved from Dropbox

Winyu Ardrugsa. (2012–2016).  Multiple works on Muslim spatial identity in Bangkok, including:

  • ‘Stranger’ / ‘Home-Land’: Muslim Practice and Spatial Negotiation in Contemporary Bangkok. (Ph.D.). The Open University.

  • ‘Public’ Prayer Rooms of Contemporary Bangkok. Nakhara: Journal of Environmental Design and Planning, 12, 85–104.


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