Peletz , Michael G. <br/><br/>
Gender Pluralism:  Southeast Asia Since Early Modern Times (Hardcover) 

 - UK:  Routledge Taylor & Francis Group ,  2009 
 - viii, 339 p. :  map ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/> Pusat Pengajian Bahasa & Pembangunan Insaniah 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [306]-330) and index. 
<br/><br/>Gender pluralism and transgender practices in early modern times. Some gendered themes in the political cultures of pre-and early modern states ; Transgender practices and gender pluralism in early modern times -- Temporary marriage, connubial commerce, and colonial body politics. Temporary marriage ; From temporary wives to concubines and prostitutes ; Colonial body politics and the constriction of pluralism -- Transgender practices, same-sex relations, and gender pluralism since the 1960s. Some insular southeast Asian cases ; The case of Burma -- Gender, sexuality, and body politics at the turn of the twenty-first century. Transgendered ritualists and Pondan ; "Asian values" and new types of criminality ; The pink triangle, the urban/sexual underground, and the struggle for sexual equality ; Engaging "tolerance," open secrets, and governmentality. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780415931601 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Gender identity--Southeast Asia.<br/>Sex customs--Southeast Asia.<br/>Sex role--Southeast Asia.