Document Detail


Transsexual emergence: gender variant identities in Thailand.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  22468793     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
This paper aims to contribute to understanding of emergent gender/sexual identities in Thailand. Thailand has become a popular destination for sex change operations by providing the medical technology for a complete transformation, with relatively few procedures and satisfactory results at a reasonable price. Data were gathered from 24 transsexual male-to-female sex workers working in Pattaya and Patpong, well-known sex-tourism hot spots in Thailand. Findings suggest the emergence of new understandings of gender/sexual identity. Sex-tourism/sex work significantly illuminates the process through which gender is contested and re-imagined. The coming together of cultures in Thailand's sex industry, coupled with advances in medical technology, has resulted in the emergence of new concepts of gender.
Authors:
Witchayanee Ocha
Related Documents :
1439343 - Ventral intermediate thalamotomy for posttraumatic hemiballismus.
22646743 - A medical staff peer review system in a public teaching hospital-an internal quality im...
19507293 - Inappropriate medication use as a risk factor for self-reported adverse drug effects in...
Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2012-4-2
Journal Detail:
Title:  Culture, health & sexuality     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1464-5351     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2012 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-4-3     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100883416     Medline TA:  Cult Health Sex     Country:  -    
Other Details:
Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
a Gender and Development Studies, Asian Institute of Technology , Pathumthani , Thailand.
Export Citation:
APA/MLA Format     Download EndNote     Download BibTex
MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine


Previous Document:  Copper(I) and Silver(I) 2-Methylimidazolates: Extended Isomerism, Isomerization, and Host-Guest Prop...
Next Document:  Reversible Opening/Closing Dynamics of LSD1/CoREST: Computational Discovery of a Nanoscale Clamp for...