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2013.
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| Summary/Abstract |
Contemporary Thai films such as Salween (Chatrichalerm Yukol, 1995), Handle Me With Care (Kongdej Jaturanrasamee, 2008) and Mysterious Object at Noon (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2000) emphasize connections between geographical space and national belonging in unconventional ways. By employing new creative techniques to present continuing political conflicts in the region, these films lay claim to a visual tradition of territorial recognition. This article interprets this recent cinematic direction as a continuation of Thongchai Winichakul's critique of the 'geo-body'. The geo-body, a conceptual framing that links seeing subjects with visual representations, enables the imagination of national space by mapping bodies. This article shows how the aesthetic techniques of film reorient the imagination of national space through a reconfiguration of the geo-body of film.
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