1st Edition
Male Bodies, Women's Souls Personal Narratives of Thailand's Transgendered Youth
By LeeRar Costa
Copyright 2007
204 Pages
by
Routledge
204 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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Get a detailed look at the Thai sex/gender system—through analysis of the personal stories from transgendered youth in Thailand The Thai term sao braphet song (a “second type of woman”) describes males who reject the gender of masculinity for femininity. Male Bodies, Women’s Souls: Personal Narratives of Thailand’s Transgendered Youth uses the narrative method,... Read more
- Foreword (Anne Bolin)
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Thai Transcription
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- The Project
- Positioning the Researchers and Project Goals
- Why “Personal Narrative”?
- Organization of the Book
- Chapter 2: Gender and Sexuality in Thailand
- What is “Thai”?
- Ideologies of Gender and Sexuality
- Alternative Genders and Sexualities
- Kathoey: Semantics and Identities
- Religious Ritual in Northern Thailand
- Kathoey in the Thai Mass Media
- Western Academic Research on Kathoey
- Voices of Sao Braphet Song
- Chapter 3: Narrative Methodologies
- Why Use the Narrative Method?
- Translation and Representation
- Chapter 4: Sao Braphet Song Narratives
- The Setting
- Personal Narratives
- Essays About Rosepaper
- Chapter 5: Analyzing Sao Braphet Song Narratives
- Our Analytical Approach
- Identities
- Definitions and Descriptive Labels
- Etiologies
- Acceptance
- Motivations for Participating in the Project
- Where to Go From Here
- Notes
- References
Biography
LeeRar Costa (Author)
