In the Place of Origins Modernity and Its Mediums in Northern Thailand

"With this astutely conceived and exquisitely written account of the complexities of mediumship in Thai modernity, Rosalind Morris has taken ethnographic practice to a whole new level of theoretical as well as descriptive sophistication. It is a dazzling accomplishment."--Rey Chow, University of California, Irvine [*Have also asked G. Spivak. She will do by 12/1/99.] "Beautifully written, exquisite in its analysis, breathtaking in its insights. It is rare that I cannot put a book down after I have started reading it, but this was exactly my experience with Rosalind Morris's In the Place of Origins."--[PERMISSION PENDING] [RR, PP] Lisa Rofel, University of California, Santa Cruz "Rosalind Morris's In the Place of Origins is a marvellous work, full of provocations and insight into many issues: advanced capitalism and late modernity, marginalities in the world system, theatrics and politics, bodies and boundaries. It is a work of remarkable richness and eloquence, one that would repay repeated readings."--[RR, PP] Marilyn Ivy, University of Washington