Table of Contents Acknowledgments (3) Note on Spelling, Transliteration, and Names (5) Chapter 1 -- Introduction (6) Chapter 2 -- Gender Pluralism and Transgender Practices in Early Modern Times (38) Some Gendered Themes in the Political Cultures of Pre- and Early Modern States Transgender Practices and Gender Pluralism Iban Ngaju Dayak Bugis Malays Burmese Thais Conclusion Chapter 3 -- Temporary Marriage, Connubial Commerce, and Colonial Body Politics (146) Temporary Marriage From Temporary Wives to Concubines and Prostitutes Colonial Body Politics and the Constriction of Pluralism Concubinage, Prostitution, and "Sworn Sisterhood" Desires That Dare Not Speak Their Names Conclusion Chapter 4 --Transgender Practices, Same-Sex Relations, and Gender Pluralism Since the 1960s (216) Some Insular Southeast Asian Cases Iban Ngaju Dayak Bugis The Case of Burma Deeper into the Labyrinth(s) Women and Femininity at the Turn of the 21st Century Conclusion Ch...