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A Dark Spot on a Royal Space: The Art of the People’s Party and the Politics of Thai (Art) History

Author(s) -

Thanavi Chotpradit

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

southeast of now

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2425-0147

pISSN - 2424-9947

DOI - 10.1353/sen.2017.0004

Subject(s) - performative utterance , ideology , monarchy , nationalism , politics , royalist , hegemony , absolute monarchy , democracy , law , sociology , political science , aesthetics , art

As a “True Blue”,5 Pramoj actively attacked the People’s Party (Khana Ratsadon, 1932–47) and promoted royalism in both the political and cultural spheres. In 1989, he supported and legitimised the government’s plan to tear down the People’s Party’s Sala Chaloemthai, the National Theatre and cinema on Ratchadamnoen Avenue (Figure 1) in order to open up the view from the avenue towards Ratchanatda Temple and the Loha Prasada (Metal Castle)

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