"This collection presents new ethnographic research, framed in terms of new theoretical developments, and contains fine scholarship and lively writing."—Janet

This impressive array of essays considers the contingent and shifting meanings of gender and the body in contemporary Southeast Asia. By analyzing femininity an

Essential reading for scholars of gender and sexuality and anyone interested in Asia.

Food and eating practices are central to current sociological and anthropological concerns about the body, health, consumption, and identity. This study explore