campaigns, which employed national martyrs as tools for promotion. From then on, the overlooked representations of women warriors were revived and reconstructed by the government. In this process, their myths were reintroduced, and their roles were reshaped...-Phra Suriyothai in relation to the discourse of the state's prescribed roles and popular representations. In order to understand the regime's motives to revive and commemorate women warriors as national heroines, the paper is divided into three parts

, which led to King Prajadhipok’s abdication. This popular topic in Thai historical novels reflects on the shortfall of the revolution and the oversight of the government led by Khana Ratsadon (the People's Party). The negative representation may have

of nationalism and democracy, rendering its original meanings almost forgotten in the present collective memory of Thai citizens. By utilizing the politics of representations as a mode of problematization, the upcoming critical and analytical discussions... initially evolve around the theme of investigating the Constitutional Defense Monument in terms of a representational tool to assert, legitimize, and maintain power. The scholarly foci subsequently shift to explore the ways in which the state had

and 3) expressing the ideological views of the ruling elites on Thai nationhood. Informed by the post-colonial theories, the study examines this so-called “Marble Temple” through its politics of representation in creating Siam’s self-image

and in their representation of the communists as traitors to the nation, God, and the principles of Pancasila. This resulted in the implementation of an anti-communist law which remains in force nowadays. The massacres of alleged communists also reflect the conflicting