7 The Romance of the Amazing Scalpel

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Contributors vii
4. A Note on Thai Transcription and Citation of Thai Names xi
5. Queer Bangkok after the Millennium 1
6. I Markets and Media in Bangkok’s Queer Cultural Transformations
7. 1 Bangkok’s Early Twenty-First-Century Queer Boom 17
8. 2 Competing Cultures of Masculinity 43
9. 3 Back in the Spotlight 59
10. 4 Loves of Siam 81
11. 5 Encounters in the Sauna 99
12. 6 Cyberspace, Power Structures, and Gay Sexual Health 121
13. II Queer Bangkok in Twenty-First-Century Global and Regional Flows
14. 7 The Romance of the Amazing Scalpel 143
15. 8 Bangkok’s Beautiful Men 163
16. 9 Speaking of Bangkok 181
17. III LGBT Activism, Rights, and Autonomy in Thailand
18. 10 Capitalism, LGBT Activism, and Queer Autonomy in Thailand 195
19. 11 The Language of Rights, Deviance, and Pleasure 205
20. 12 The Rainbow Lobby 229
21. 13 Transpeople (Khon kham-phet) in Thailand 251
22. Notes 269
23. A Glossary of Thai LGBT Terms 285
24. Bibliography 287
25. Index 303