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Love Incessantly Flows: Mae Naak, a New Asian Opera Heroine Born out of a Thai Buddhist Narrative

Kanae KawamotoDepartment of Buddhist Studies, Ryukoku University, Kyoto, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 346-363 | Published online: 21 Sep 2017

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Websites

Youtube Video

DVDs

  • Somtow Sucharitkul. 2007. Mae Naak, Directed by Henry Akina. Bangkok Opera.
  • Nonzee Nimibutr. Nang Nak (1999 2005). Ocean Shores Video Limited.

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