Bodies, beaches and bars: Negotiating heterosexual masculinity in southern Thailand's tourism industry

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 581-594

  Malam, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Heterosexuality; Masculinity; Migration; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; ETHNOPOLITICS; GENDER ROLE; HEGEMONY; MASCULINIZATION; SEXUALITY; TOURISM;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 57549103558     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: 13600524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09663690802518461     Document Type: Article

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