The making of a local queen in an international transsexual beauty contest
| dc.contributor.author | Wong, Ying Wuen | en |
| dc.contributor.author | AsiaPacificQueer Network | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-10-20T02:43:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-10-20T02:43:33Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2005 | en_AU |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper will examine the intricacies in beauty contests and the tensions brought about by the negotiation of a local, authentic culture in the face of Western-derived notions of beauty and femininity. Thailand’s many beauty contests feature as an inept part of Thai society, with an emphasis on the ‘public face’ and beauty. Thailand has been romanticised as a land of beautiful women and more recently, of beautiful kathoey. One of the aims of my paper is to determine the importance of beauty contests, not just as ‘anti-pageants’, but as a means to consolidate a transsexual identity. However, it can also be shown that beauty contests are both sites of empowerment and subjugation simultaneously. | en_AU |
| dc.description.sponsorship | AsiaPacifiQueer Network, Australian National University | en_AU |
| dc.format.extent | 15 pages | en_AU |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en_AU |
| dc.identifier.citation | "Wong, Y W (2005, July) The making of a local queen in an international transsexual beauty contest", Paper presented at Sexualities, Genders and Rights in Asia: 1st International Conference of Asian Queer Studies. Bangkok, Thailand: AsiaPacifiQueer Network, Mahidol University; Australian National University | en_AU |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/8692 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_AU | en_AU |
| dc.provenance | " ... as chair of the organising committee for the conference I give my permission for the permanent archiving of the papers. All authors whose papers appear on the site gave their permission for open access to these papers" - from email dated 26/9/11, Professor Peter Jackson, School of Culture, History and Language, ANU | en_AU |
| dc.publisher | Canberra, ACT: The Australian National University | en_AU |
| dc.rights | Author/s retain copyright | en_AU |
| dc.source | Sexualities, genders and rights in Asia : 1st international Conference of Asian Queer Studies, Ambassador Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand 7-9 July 2005 | en_AU |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Gay rights -- Asia -- Congresses. | en_AU |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Gay culture -- Asia -- Congresses. | en_AU |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Gay culture -- Asia -- Social conditions -- Congresses. | en_AU |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Gay community -- Asia -- Congresses. | en_AU |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Gay community. | en_AU |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Gay culture. | en_AU |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Gay rights. | en_AU |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Asia. | en_AU |
| dc.title | The making of a local queen in an international transsexual beauty contest | en_AU |
| dc.type | Conference paper | en_AU |
| dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | |
| dcterms.dateAccepted | 2005 | |
| local.contributor.affiliation | Wong, Ying Wuen, National University of Singapore, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Southeast Asian Studies Programme | en_AU |
| local.contributor.authoremail | wuenwuen@gmail.com | en_AU |
| local.description.notes | The conference was held Bangkok, Thailand, 7-9 July 2005 and convened by the AsiaPacifiQueer Network. ANU was the host organisation for this network, and the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies provided funding support. ANU was acknowledged as a co-sponsor of the conference. | en_AU |
| local.identifier.uidSubmittedBy | u4142396 | en_AU |
| local.type.status | Published Version | en_AU |