THE REGIONAL BASIS FOR THE SURVIVAL AND CONTINUATION OF “TRANSGENDERED WOMEN” IN THAILAND
ZHANG Yi-nuo1, LU Zi1,2, Danai2
1. College of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050024, China;
2. College of Tourism, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050024, China
Abstract：Why is it that the "transgendered women" of various identities have always been an indispensable and distinct element of Thailand no matter how the society changes? In the explanation of its regional basis, humanistic geography has been endowed with more expectations. This paper reviewed the transition of the regional research of "transgendered women" from medical perspective to sociological perspective. An outline of the interview covering five fields was designed, and 19 samples of "transgendered women" from Bangkok and Pattaya were interviewed by a situational and autobiographical manner. Sample of entertainers was also matched with online tracking of life (occupation) status. Through thematic analysis, two categories of society and industry with their corresponding six sub-themes were developed. It showed a positive regional landscape of "transgendered women" in Thailand combined with realistic characteristics of the formation of multi-type "transgendered women" system and "transgendered women" entertainment system. This paper argued that the survival and continuation of the "transgendered women" in Thailand has its unique regional basis, and the strong force of cultural fixity makes it form a kind of "stylized repetitive behavior" schematic. The prosperity of the performance industry of "transgender women" had created a unique oriental geographical image, which had led to higher career expectations of "transgender women" and fully demonstrated their motivation, opportunities and prospects for survival.
张一诺, 路紫, Danai. 泰国“变性女性”生存延续的地域性基础[J]. 人文地理, 2019, 34(3): 37-43.
ZHANG Yi-nuo, LU Zi, Danai. THE REGIONAL BASIS FOR THE SURVIVAL AND CONTINUATION OF “TRANSGENDERED WOMEN” IN THAILAND. HUMAN GEOGRAPHY, 2019, 34(3): 37-43.
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