A reasonably systematic study of kathoeys, combining sociological and ethnographic techniques. The author does some creative dramatizing that I thought detracted from the utility of the book and slid it over to a more sensationalistic genre. Read with the Thai section of [b:War in the Blood: Sex Politics and AIDS in Southeast Asia|257642|War in the Blood Sex, Politics and AIDS in Southeast Asia|Chris Beyrer|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173208551s/257642.jpg|249702] for a better understanding of kathoeys' historically rather grim HIV statistics.… (more)
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