A working paper on genderphobia in Southeast Asian cinema

Mikee N. Inton

College

College of Liberal Arts

Department/Unit

Literature, Department of

Document Type

Archival Material/Manuscript

Publication Date

2014

Abstract

n this paper, I intend to look at the cinematic portrayals of male-bodied queerness in gay-themed films from the Philippines, Thailand, and Indonesia. All three contexts have a similar long history of gender-bending and gender-crossing traditions, which still exist in contemporary forms today: the bakla from the Philippines, the kathoey of Thailand, and the waria of Indonesia. The paper will attempt to inter-reference these gender performances with each other, as well as articulate how concepts of

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Disciplines

Gender and Sexuality | Social and Behavioral Sciences

Keywords

Transphobia—Southeast Asia; Sexual minorities—Southeast Asia; Gays in motion pictures; Sexual minorities in motion pictures

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