This previously ignored perspective of the Thai sex/gender system gained through this theoretical and methodological approach offers students and general readers an accessible foundation of knowledge about gendered subjectivity and sex/gender systems.

Get a detailed look at the Thai sex/gender system--through analysis of the personal stories from transgendered youth in Thailand

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...