Viriya Sawangchot is a cultural researcher based in Bangkok. Recently, he has been working as a senior researcher at the Center of Geosocial and Cultural Research for Sustainable Development (GSCR) at Walailak University, Thailand.

CONTENTS

Preface

Introduction
VIRIYA SAWANGCHOT

PART I : HISTORIES

1 The Amplification of Modern Music: How Did Radio Broadcasting during the 1930s-1950s Influence Thai Modern Music?
FRANCIS NUNTASUKON

2 The 1950s-1970s Pleng Lukgrung and the Modern Gender in Thailand
JIRAWATE RUGCHAT

3 The Revolution of Pleng String and Politics of the 1980s Generation
VIRIYA SAWANGCHOT

PART II : COMTEMPORARY ISSUES

4 Reconstructing Thai Musical Identity: The Adaptation of Thai Classical Music to Popular Music in Recent Decades
GREAT LEKAKUL

5 Notes on Gender and Aesthetic Expression in Thai Indie Scene
WANATAYA MONGKON and SIRIPAT NAKNAM

6 Pleng Lakorn: Thai Drama Series Theme Song and Changes of Popular Music Production
ATCHAREEYA SAISIN

7 Dancemocracy as Political Expression in the 2020 Thai Pro-democracy Movement
ANNA LAWATTANATRAKUL

PART III: POLITICS OF SOUND

8 The Representations of Music Texts and the Female Voices in Haruethai Hirunya and Fon Tanasoontorn's "I Am Not Okay"
KUNTHEE BANJUKEAW

9 Noise: Relistening to Non-musical Sound in Thailand
THATCHATHAM SILSUPAN

10 A Discussion on Rock Guitar Heroes in Thai Heavy Metal Music
PHAKPHOOM TIAVONGSUVAN

11 Rod-Hae: Sound System Culture and Live Music Performance in Northeastern Thailand
VIRIYA SAWANGCHOT and SIRASAR BOONMA

PART IV: REGION AND CULTURAL POLITICS

12 Popular Music and the (Global) South of Thailand in the Place-Making
SIRIPORN SOMBOONBOORANA

13 Song as a Resource for Cultural Translation: Tai Popular Music in the Borderlands of the Upper Mekong
WASAN PANYAGAEW

14 Morlam as Method: Isan Music and Its KnowledgeGRIDTHIYA GAWEEWONG and ARTHIT MULSARN

CODA

15 Thai Pop and Vidding of Thai Television Dramas by Transcultural Fans in China
BRENDA CHAN

AFTERWORD

"Political Music Isn't Necessarily Boring": A Conversation with Pisitakun Kuantalaeng