Male Bodies, Women's Souls
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-7890-3115-0 (ISBN)
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, stories in the words of these second type of women to analyze these transgendered experiences. This previously ignored perspective of the 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.
Male Bodies, Women’s Souls: Personal Narratives of Thailand’s Transgendered Youth features in-depth, autobiographical life histories from individual Thai transgendered youth. Life stories, told in the participants’ own words, provides an engaging, at times touching, always insightful look at Thai culture’s sex/gender system. The authors then expertly analyze the narratives to illuminate common themes and constructions within this group, allowing an opportunity for contrast and discussion on transgender experiences in other nations.
Male Bodies, Women’s Souls: Personal Narratives of Thailand’s Transgendered Youth analyzes the major themes in the stories, including:
identities
definitions and descriptive labels
etiologies of sao braphet song-ness
the notion of acceptance
narrator motivations for participating in the project
Male Bodies, Women’s Souls: Personal Narratives of Thailand’s Transgendered Youth is illuminating, reflective reading for educators, undergraduate students, graduate students, researchers, or anyone interested in discovering more about transgenderism in a specific cultural context.
LeeRar Costa (Author)
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
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 5.2.2007 |
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| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 212 mm |
| Gewicht | 317 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7890-3115-9 / 0789031159 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7890-3115-0 / 9780789031150 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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