Male bodies, women's souls : personal narratives of Thailand's transgendered youth / LeeRay M. Costa, Andrew J. Matzner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Costa, LeeRay M.

Contributor:

Matzner, Andrew.

Series:

Human sexuality (Haworth Press)

Human sexuality

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trans people--Thailand.

Trans people.

Transness--Thailand.

Transness.

Youth--Sexual behavior--Thailand.

Youth.

Youth--Sexual behavior.

Transsexualism.

Transsexuals.

Thailand.

Physical Description:

xx, 181 pages : map ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Haworth Press, [2007]

Summary:

The Thai term sao braphet song ("second type of women") 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, stories in the words of these "second type of women," to analyze these transgendered experiences. This previously ignored perspective of the contemporary Thai sex/gender system gained through this theoretical and methodological approach offers students and general readers a rich, more readily accessible foundation of knowledge about gendered subjectivity and sex/gender systems. This unique book features in-depth, autobiographical life histories from individual Thai transgendered youth. Life stories, told in the participants' own words, provide an engaging, at times touching, always insightful look at Thai culture's sex/gender system.

Contents:

Introduction

Gender and sexuality in Thailand

Narrative methodologies

Sao braphet song narratives

Analyzing sao braphet song narratives.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-171) and index.

ISBN:

0789031140

9780789031143

0789031159

9780789031150

OCLC:

70698841