Gender pluralism : southeast Asia since early modern times /
Peletz, Michael G.
Gender pluralism : southeast Asia since early modern times / Michael G. Peletz. - New York : Routledge, 2009. - viii, 339 p. : map ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [306]-330) and index.
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.
9780415931618 (pbk.)
2008042130
Gender identity--Southeast Asia.
Sex customs--Southeast Asia.
Sex role--Southeast Asia.
Transgender people--Southeast Asia.
HQ1075.5.S64 / P45 2009
305.30959
Gender pluralism : southeast Asia since early modern times / Michael G. Peletz. - New York : Routledge, 2009. - viii, 339 p. : map ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [306]-330) and index.
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.
9780415931618 (pbk.)
2008042130
Gender identity--Southeast Asia.
Sex customs--Southeast Asia.
Sex role--Southeast Asia.
Transgender people--Southeast Asia.
HQ1075.5.S64 / P45 2009
305.30959