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Same Bed, Different Dreams: Intersections of Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality among Middle-and Upper-Class Chinese Immigrants in Bangkok

Same Bed, Different Dreams: Intersections of Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality among Middle-and... 1998 by Duke University Press. mon the popular view that it was a “man’s nature” ( p e n thamachad @ong phuchai) to have a large appetite for sex.3 But when the two women clashed over one man, Guoyi defended her middle-class family interests against her lower-class Thai maid. This event illustrates that an extramarital affair conducted by the husband inside the home both exacerbates conjugal conflict and devastates any possible female bonding between two women of different classes and ethnic backgrounds. It also reveals that the wife’s resistance to and complicity with her husband’s privileges are underscored by her identity as a “Chinese woman,’’ her middle-class status, and the effects of asymmetrical gender ideologies. T h e episode, finally, points toward the interlocking nature of sex/gender, class, and ethnic relations in everyday life among middle-class ethnic Chinese in Bangkok.4 In the body of literature on sedgender relations among ethnic Chinese in Southeast Asia, sedgender and ethnicity have long been conceived of as two separate cultural domains. Gender scholarship typically focuses on the regulation of sexuality and gender within an ethnic group; it rarely looks at the issue in relation to the formation of ethnic boundaries.5 In studies http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png positions asia critique Duke University Press

Same Bed, Different Dreams: Intersections of Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality among Middle-and Upper-Class Chinese Immigrants in Bangkok

positions asia critique , Volume 6 (2) – Sep 1, 1998

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Duke University Press
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Copyright 1998 by Duke University Press
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1067-9847
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1527-8271
DOI
10.1215/10679847-6-2-475
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1998 by Duke University Press. mon the popular view that it was a “man’s nature” ( p e n thamachad @ong phuchai) to have a large appetite for sex.3 But when the two women clashed over one man, Guoyi defended her middle-class family interests against her lower-class Thai maid. This event illustrates that an extramarital affair conducted by the husband inside the home both exacerbates conjugal conflict and devastates any possible female bonding between two women of different classes and ethnic backgrounds. It also reveals that the wife’s resistance to and complicity with her husband’s privileges are underscored by her identity as a “Chinese woman,’’ her middle-class status, and the effects of asymmetrical gender ideologies. T h e episode, finally, points toward the interlocking nature of sex/gender, class, and ethnic relations in everyday life among middle-class ethnic Chinese in Bangkok.4 In the body of literature on sedgender relations among ethnic Chinese in Southeast Asia, sedgender and ethnicity have long been conceived of as two separate cultural domains. Gender scholarship typically focuses on the regulation of sexuality and gender within an ethnic group; it rarely looks at the issue in relation to the formation of ethnic boundaries.5 In studies

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Published: Sep 1, 1998

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