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men and masculinities in southeast asia
p this book brings together extensive recent innovative research on the study of men and masculinities in southeast asia . drawing on rich ethnographic fieldwork from vietnam cambodia thailand the philippines singapore indonesia and timor leste the book examines both dominant and marginal constructions of heterosexual masculinity and the ways in which these are performed in different localized contexts in insular and mainland southeast asia . through the presentation of detailed ethnographic studies on topics ranging from the professional practices of filipino merchant seafarers to the sex lives of thai migrant workers to the stand over tactics of indonesian gangsters the authors in this collection challenge the idea of emerging globalizing forms of masculinities . where existing studies of gender in asia tend to concentrate on women east asia and gay men this book fills a significant gap and demonstrates overall how gender ethnicity class sexuality and nationality shape contemporary understandings of what it means to be a man in contemporary southeast asia . p
other routledge 2009 isbn13 9780415482233 isbn10 0415482232
abridged n isbn 13 9780415482233 number in series 1 number of pages 163 publisher taylor & francis release date 62135769600000 series title routledge contemporary southeast asia