Wow! eBookThe Third Sex: Kathoey: Thailand’s Ladyboys
by: Richard Totman
ISBN-10: 0285642596
ISBN-13: 9780285642591
Edition: Reprint
Publication date: September 1, 2014
Paperback: 196 pages
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Book Description
Through the lives of three kathoey, male transvestites, this introduction to transgender in Thailand places a cultural, historical, religious, biological, and psychological emphasis on inteational traditions of sexuality. A fascinating anthropological and sociological exploration, the context of transgender is detailed through the challenges and joys found in Manat, Lek, and Ako as they travel through the social rites of passage to become kathoeys. As a part of the cultural landscape of Thailand, the kathoeys are a mode expression of an archaic tradition, and through these personal stories a wider discussion of transgender and the existence of a “third sex” in inteational societies emerges.