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This document summarizes and analyzes representations of a state banquet that took place in 1860s Siam between King Mongkut and visiting British dignitaries, as depicted in films and texts about Anna Leonowens. It explores the concepts of political commensality and culinary colonialism to explain the importance of demonstrating civility through food. While the films and stories focused on the unlikely romantic relationship between Anna and the King, the document argues that the banquet scene, which has been

Author

Jessica Yeo

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