Power Relations between Adulthood-Childhood in the Book Series "Muea Khunta Khunjaj Yang Dek"

Abstract

This article aims to study the ideologies of the "Muea Khunta Khunyai Yang Dek" book series in terms of power relations between adulthood and childhood based on critical discourse analysis. The study revealed that "language" has been used as an instrument to construct, emphasize, and reproduce the ideologies that adults have absolute power over children. This is to maintain the seniority system, which is the existing and sustaining core ideology in Thai society.