Beschreibung:
This is the first book to bring 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 masculinity, and the impact of cultural flows on the construction of what it means to be 'a man'.
1. Masculinities Afloat: Filipino Seafarers and the Situational Performance of Manhood 2. Masculine Intent and Migrant Manhood: Thai Workmen Talking Sex 3. Low Wage Vietnamese Immigrants Remake Social Class and Masculinity in the Homeland 4. Homosociality and Desire: Charting Chinese Singaporean Sex Tourists' Online Conversations 5. Being Broh: The Good, the Bad and the Successful Man in Cambodia 6. Violence, Masculinities and Patriarchy in Post-Conflict Timor-Leste 7. The Biggest Cock: Territoriality, Invulnerability and Honour Amongst Jakarta's Gangsters 8. Defending the Nation: Malay Men's Experience of National Service in Singapore