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This is a fully revised and substantially expanded edition of Peter Jackson's highly regarded pioneering study of an Asian gay culture, Male Homosexuality in Thailand (1989). The hero of Jackson's fascinating narrative is "Uncle Go", which was the pen name of a popular magazine editor who, despite being avowedly heterosexual, was tolerant of all sexual practices and whose "agony uncle" columns in the 1970s provided unique spaces in the national press for Thailand's gays, lesbians and transgenders (kathoeys) to speak for themselves in the public domain. By allowing the voices of alternative sex

Epigraph -- Retrospection on an Irresistible Seminar -- Foreword -- Persisting Resistance as Resource for Development -- Resistance as a Scientific Concept -- The Systemic Nature of Resistance -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Editors and Contributors -- 1 Rhythms of Resistance and Existence: An Introduction -- Abstract -- Basic Assumptions -- A Cultural Psychological Perspective on Resistance -- Resistance, Meaning-Making and Everyday Life -- Approaching Resistance Through the Lens of Cultural Psychology -- India as Foreground for the Study of Resistance -- The Goals of This Volume -- References -- Cultural Productions Through Resistance -- 2 Cultural Productions Through Resistance: An Introduction to Section I -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Resistance, Subjectivity and Cultural Creativity -- The Chapters -- References -- 3 Dalit Women in India: Crafting Narratives of Success -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Dalits in Indian Society -- Reservation Policy -- The Dalit Girl Child: Women and Caste -- Constitutional Provisions for Dalit Women -- Women and Success -- Two Case Studies -- Redefining the Dalit Experience: Turning the Narrative Around -- Concluding Comments -- References -- 4 The Third Gender and Their Identity in Indian Society -- Abstract -- Who Are Hijras? -- Hijras and Indian Society -- Discrimination and the Third Gender -- The Hijra Community -- Death of a Hijra -- A Struggle for Recognition -- Other Eminent Transgenders -- Initiative of Its Kind in Tamil Nadu -- On the Street -- Concluding Comments -- References -- 5 Trajectories of Resistance and Historical Reflections -- Abstract -- Trajectories of Remembering -- Reflecting on History -- Case 1: Dominique -- Case 2: Genevieve -- Resources for Resistance -- Conclusion: Resisting Whom, Why and How? -- Acknowledgements -- References

Intro -- Talking Bodies -- Contents -- Editor and Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1 Varieties of Embodiment and 'Corporeal Style' -- References -- Chapter 2 Edith Wharton: An Heiress to Gay Male Sexual Radicalism? -- References -- Chapter 3 Losing Face Among the Natives: 'Something About Tattooing and Tabooing' in Melville's Typee -- References -- Chapter 4 What the Body Tells Us: Transgender Strategies, Beauty, and Self-consciousness -- The Beautiful Body -- Ante Litteram Transgenders: The Neapolitan Femminielli -- Post-litteram Transgender: You Are What You (Do not) Have (Anymore) -- References -- Chapter 5 Tattoos: An Embodiment of Desire -- Method and Material -- The First Tattoo -- Women and Tattoos -- Productive Desire -- The Tattoos of Others -- Becoming Tattooed -- References -- Chapter 6 Learning Womanhood: Body Modification, Girls and Identity -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7 The Construction of a Personal Norm of Physical and Psychological 'Well-Being' in Female Discourse -- Introduction -- Body Image Norms, Monitoring Processes, Body Dissatisfaction, the Importance of Physical Appearance, and Disciplinary Practices -- The Discursive Construction of Norms -- Data -- 'Women Need to Feel Good About Their Bodies': The Norm of Physical and Psychological Well-Being -- No Well-Being Without 'Taking Care' -- Obsessed, Negligent or Normal? -- 'As Long As I Look in the Mirror and Like What I See' -- Body-Mind Dualism -- Summing up -- References -- Chapter 8 No Body, No Crime? (Representations of) Sexual Violence Online -- New Technologies, Changing Relationships -- Technological and Violent Advancement -- Virtual Violence -- Method -- Ethics -- Analysis -- 'Never Surrender' Discourse -- 'It's Not Me, It's You' Discourse -- Discourse of Fantasised Absolution -- Committed to Consent Discourse -- Discussion