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Male Bodies, Women’s Souls: Personal Narratives of Thailand’s Transgendered Youth

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Get a detailed look at the Thai sex/gender system–through analysis of the personal stories from transgendered youth in Thailand The Thai term sao braphet song (a “second type of woman”) describes males who reject the gender of masculinity for femininity. Male Bodies, Women’s Souls: Personal Narratives of Thailand’s Transgendered Youth uses the narrative method, stories in the words of these “second type of women” to analyze these transgende… More >>

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Queer Temporalities in Gay Male Representation: Tragedy, Normativity, and Futurity

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Through the analysis of over seventy films and thirty television series, ranging from Shortbus, Sweet Home Alabama, and Poseidon to Noah’s Arc, Brothers & Sisters, and Dawson’s Creek, Goltz examines reoccurring narrative structures in popular media that perpetuate the extreme value placed upon “young” gay male bodies, while devaluing health, aging, and longevity. Alienated from the future — outside of limited and exclusionary systems of marriage and procreation… More >>

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