Coming of age in South and Southeast Asia : youth, courtship and sexuality / edited by Lenore Manderson and Pranee Liamputtong
Imprint
Richmond, Surrey : Curzon Press, 2002
Descript
xi, 307 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
SUMMARY
In recent years, first feminist considerations, and now concerns with HIV/Aids have led to new approaches to the study of sexuality. The experience of puberty, explorations with sexuality and courtship, and the pressure to reproduce are a few
CONTENT
Water serpents and staying by the fire: Markers of maturity in a Northeast Thai village -- Poor and 'Dark': What is my future? Identity construction and adolescent women in Bangladesh -- Adolescence and sexuality in the Rajasthani context -- Inflatable bodies and the breath of life: Courtship and desire among young women in rural North Bali -- Modernity, desire and courtship: The evolution of premarital relationships in Mataram, Eastern Indonesia -- Contextualizing sexuality: Young men in Kerala, South India -- Social and cultural contexts of single young men's heterosexual relationships: A view from Metro Manila -- Gender socialization and female sexuality in Northern Thailand -- Magic lipstick and verbal caress: Soubling standards in Isan villages -- Hope of the nation: Moral panics and the construction of teenagerhood in contemporary Malaysia -- Sexual values and early experiences among young people in Jakarta -- Sex work and socialization in a moral world: Conflict and change in Badi communities in Western Nepal -- Gender, sexuality and marriage among Hmong youth in Australia
SUBJECT
Youth -- South Asia -- Sexual behavior
Youth -- Southeast Asia -- Sexual behavior
Young adults -- South Asia -- Sexual behaviour
Young adults -- Southeast Asia -- Sexual behaviour