Toms and Dees : : Transgender Identity and Female Same-Sex Relationships in Thailand / / Megan J. Sinnott.
A vibrant, growing, and highly visible set of female identities has emerged in Thailand known as tom and dee. A "tom" (from "tomboy") refers to a masculine woman who is sexually involved with a feminine partner, or "dee" (from "lady"). The patterning of female...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2004] ©2004 |
| Year of Publication: | 2004 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Southeast Asia: Politics, Meaning, and Memory ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (276 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Global Sex
- Chapter 2. Gender and Sexual Transitions
- Chapter 3. Gender Ambivalence in Tom and Dee Identities
- Chapter 4 Thai Norms of Gender and Sexuality
- Chapter 5. Gender Dynamics between Toms and Dees: Subversion or Conformity?
- Chapter 6. Anjaree and Lesla: Tom and Dee Communities and Organizations
- Chapter 7. Discourses of "Homosexuality": The State and the Media in Thailand
- Conclusion
- Appendix
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
- about the author