How do Western exchange students in Thailand manage their farang predicament?

• Main Author: Tan, Melissa Hui Shan.
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/51755
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Though there exist scholarly research pointing to the conspicuity of farang racism in Thailand, little has been done to understand its actual impact on the lived experiences of white westerners there. This case study, done on 18 western exchange students in Thailand, is thus a preliminary attempt at...