| Collation |
viii, 339 pages : map ; 23 cm |
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| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-330) and index. |
| Contents |
Gender pluralism and transgender practices in early modern times. Some gendered themes in the political cultures of pre-and early modern states ; Transgender practices and gender pluralism in early modern times -- Temporary marriage, connubial commerce, and colonial body politics. Temporary marriage ; From temporary wives to concubines and prostitutes ; Colonial body politics and the constriction of pluralism -- Transgender practices, same-sex relations, and gender pluralism since the 1960s. Some insular southeast Asian cases ; The case of Burma -- Gender, sexuality, and body politics at the turn of the twenty-first century. Transgendered ritualists and Pondan ; "Asian values" and new types of criminality ; The pink triangle, the urban/sexual underground, and the struggle for sexual equality ; Engaging "tolerance," open secrets, and governmentality. |
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Gender identity -- Southeast Asia.
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Sex customs -- Southeast Asia.
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Sex role -- Southeast Asia.
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Transgender people -- Southeast Asia.
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| ISBN |
9780415931601 (hardback) |
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0415931606 (hardback) |
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9780415931618 (pbk.) |
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0415931614 (pbk.) |
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9780203880043 (e-book) |
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0203880048 (e-book) |
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