Contents 1. Akha Souvenir Sellers in Thailand?s Urban Tourist Areas : Social, Economic and Political Structures / Alexander Trupp 2. Thai 16mm Cinema : The Rise of a Popular Cinematic Culture in Thailand from 1945 to 1970 / Aliosha Herrera 3. The Map that Christmas Carols Made : A Case of Musical Appropriation and Application in a Karen Village / Benjamin Fairfield 4. ?Snakes Without Poison?? : (Re)Negotiating Hybrid Masculinities in Thailand / Daniel Whitehouse 5. Educational Environments of Children with Disabilities in Greater Bangkok : Barriers and Facilitators in a Transiting Urban Area Selected Findings from a Cross-Cultural Perspective on Society and Culture / Michelle Proyer 6. The Chinese Vegetarian Festival in Bangkok?s Chinatown : A Space for Presenting Cultural Identity of Chineseness in Contemporary Thai Society / Narut Kupthanaroj 7. Dharma on the Rise : Lay Buddhist Associations and The Traffic in Meditation in Contemporary Thailand / Prakirati Satasut 8. Japan?s Cultural Diplomacy : Influence on Thai Society / Saikaew Thipakorn 9. The Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara in the Thai-Malay Peninsula and Western Indonesia : The Early Development of Buddhist Imagery in Insular Southeast Asia / Sofia Sundstrom 10. Phra Upakhut Midnight Almsgiving Ritual : The Reproduction of a Northern Thai Ritual in Central Thailand / Watcharaporn Distapan