https://www.scmp.com/rss/324496/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Love, Money and Obligation: Transnational Marriage in a Northeastern Thai Village, by Patcharin Lapanun, NUS Press, 4/5 stars Well-researched and easy to follow, Patcharin Lapanun’s Love, Money and Obligation: Transnational Marriage in a Northeastern Thai Village is a powerful reminder of how interconnected the world has become – and how love can develop between people from completely different backgrounds. Though a work of academic anthropology, based mainly on Patcharin’s PhD research, the... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3016519/western-men-who-marry-thai-isaan-women-examined-love-money?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3016519/western-men-who-marry-thai-isaan-women-examined-love-money?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 01 Jul 2019 05:00:20 +0000 Notes of a Crocodile by Qiu Miaojin (translated by Bonnie Huie) NYRB Classics 4 stars Taiwan’s top court just recently ruled in favour of gay marriage, culminating in what could be Asia’s first jurisdiction to allow members of the same sex to marry. Despite many challenges that still persist politically with the ruling, it indicates a more liberal attitude toward non-heterosexual relationships than when Qiu Miaojin published the novel Notes of a Crocodile in the early 1990s. Qiu’s frank... https://www.scmp.com/culture/books/article/2096179/book-review-notes-crocodile-qiu-miaojins-taiwan-lesbian-classic-gets?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/culture/books/article/2096179/book-review-notes-crocodile-qiu-miaojins-taiwan-lesbian-classic-gets?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 30 May 2017 06:06:23 +0000