Toms and Dees: Transgender Identity and Female Same-Sex

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Toms and Dees: Transgender Identity and Female Same-Sex Relationships in Thailand (Southeast Asia: Politics, Meaning, Memory)

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 same-sex relationships into masculine and feminine pairs, coupled with the use of English-derived terms to refer to them, is found throughout East and Southeast Asia. Have the forces of capitalism facilitated the dissemination of Western-style gay and lesbian identities throughout the developing world as some theories of transnationalism suggest? Is the emergence of toms and dees over the past twenty-five years a sign that this has occurred in Thailand? Megan Sinnott engages these issues by examining the local culture and historical context of female same-sex eroticism and female masculinity in Thailand. Drawing on a broad spectrum of anthropological literature, Sinnott situates Thai tom and dee subculture within the global trend of increasingly hybridized sexual and gender identities.

Country	USA
Author	Megan Sinnott
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Brand: University of Hawaii Press
EAN	9780824828523
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
IsAdultProduct
ISBN	0824828526
Label	University of Hawaii Press
Manufacturer	University of Hawaii Press
MPN	7 illustrations
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	276
PartNumber	7 illustrations
PublicationDate	2004-07-01
Publisher	University of Hawaii Press
Studio	University of Hawaii Press
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Toms and Dees: Transgender Identity and Female Same-Sex Relationships in Thailand (Southeast Asia: Politics, Meaning, Memory)

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