Books in the Southeast Asia: Politics, Meaning and Memory series

An ethnographic exploration of health, illness, and healing among a poor, rural Indonesian people

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? Megan Sinnott engages these issues by examining the local culture and historical context of female same-sex eroticism and female masculinity in Thailand.