Queer Bangkok : twenty-first-century markets, media, and rights / edited by Peter A. Jackson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jackson, Peter A.

Series:

Queer Asia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sexual minorities--Thailand--Bangkok--History--21st century--Congresses.

Sexual minorities.

Sexual minorities--Thailand--Bangkok--Social conditions--21st century--Congresses.

Sexual minorities--Civil rights--Thailand--Bangkok--Congresses.

Mass media and gay people--Thailand--Bangkok--Congresses.

Mass media and gay people.

Civil rights.

Social conditions.

History.

Thailand--Bangkok.

Thailand.

LGBTQ+ history.

LGBTQ+ civil rights.

LGBTQ+ people.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

ix, 308 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press ; Chiang Mai, Thailand : Silkworm Books, [2011]

Contents:

I Markets and Media in Bangkok's Queer Cultural Transformations 15

1 Bangkok's Early Twenty-First-Century Queer Boom / Peter A. Jackson Jackson, Peter A. 17

2 Competing Cultures of Masculinity: When Thai Transgender Bodies Go Through Muay Thai / Stéphane Rennesson Rennesson, Stéphane 43

3 Back in the Spotlight: The Cinematic Regime of Representation of Kathoeys and Gay Men in Thailand / Serhat Ünaldi Ünaldi, Serhat 59

4 Loves of Siam: Contemporary Thai Cinema and Vernacular Queerness / Brett Farmer Farmer, Brett 81

5 Encounters in the Sauna: Exploring Gay Identity and Power Structures in Gay Places in Bangkok / Nikos Dacanay Dacanay, Nikos 99

6 Cyberspace, Power Structures, and Gay Sexual Health: The Sexuality of Thai Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in the Camfrog On-line Web-cam Chat Rooms / Ronnapoom Samakkeekarom Samakkeekarom, Ronnapoom, Pimpawun Boonmongkon Boonmongkon, Pimpawun 121

II Queer Bangkok in Twenty-First-Century Global and Regional Networks 141

7 The Romance of the Amazing Scalpel: "Race", Labour, and Affect in Thai Gender Reassignment Clinics / Aren Z. Aizura Aizura, Aren Z. 143

8 Bangkok's Beautiful Men: Images of Thai Liberality in an Indonesian Gay Novel / Ben Murtagh Murtagh, Ben 163

9 Speaking of Bangkok: Thailand in the History of Gay Singapore / Alex Au Au, Alex 181

III LGBT Activism, Rights, and Autonomy in Thailand 193

10 Capitalism, LGBT Activism, and Queer Autonomy in Thailand / Peter A. Jackson Jackson, Peter A. 195

11 The Language of Rights, Deviance, and Pleasure: Organizational Responses to Discourses of Same-Sex Sexuality and Transgenderism in Thailand / Megan Sinnott Sinnott, Megan 205

12 The Rainbow Lobby: The Sexual Diversity Network and the Military-Installed Government in Thailand / Douglas Sanders Sanders, Douglas 229

13 Transpeople (Khon kham-phet) in Thailand: Transprejudice, Exclusion, and the Presumption of Mental Illness / Sam Winter Winter, Sam 251.

Notes:

"This collection emerges from papers presented in the genders and sexualities stream of panels convened as part of the Tenth International Conference of Thai Studies at Thammasat University in Bankok in January 2008."--P. 2.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-301) and index.

ISBN:

9789888083053

9888083058

9789888083046

988808304X

9786162150142

6162150143

OCLC:

740492014