Barbara Earth
Biographic Data
| ID | 176180 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Barbara Earth |
| GIVEN NAMES | Barbara |
| FAMILY NAME | Earth |
| SIGNATURE | EARTH B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Asian Institute of Technology |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Identity diversification among transgender sex workers in Thailand’s sex tourism industry
This article looks at identity diversification among Thai (MTF) transgender sex workers who are in a semi-reassigned physical state; working in two famous sex tourism hot spots in Thailand. Locating the informants in their own gender system, then drawing on western queer and transgender theories, we examine the negotiation of gender and identity in this unique cultural, historical and political context. The research shows that the sex industry fa…
Diversifying gender
‘Gender’ is a word that has become part of HIV/AIDS-related vocabulary and conceptual understanding. However, gender and development approaches understand it as denoting only two identities: male and female. Sexuality is likewise assumed to be heterosexuality. This thinking has informed HIV/AIDS prevention strategies worldwide, and the result is to exclude people who differ from these definitions, leaving them at risk of HIV infection. Research i…
Globalization and Human Rights as Gendered Ideologies
Economic globalization and its counter ideology, human rights, share philosophical foundations in liberalism, in which individual rights are central. But the public/private divide of liberalism has been instrumental in denying women their human rights in both domains. Using the case of a pulp mill and its effects on the surrounding community, this article traces how Western liberal philosophy constructs both globalization and human rights as gend…
Uterine prolapse in rural Nepal
This paper describes the contribution of gender beliefs and gender-skewed cultural practices to the high prevalence of uterine prolapse among rural women in Nepal. In conditions of difficult geography, inadequate health services and underdevelopment, the pre-natal period is marked by a heavy workload, a low rate of pre-natal care, and restrictions on a woman's own health decision-making. Delivery is often facilitated by untrained assistants using…
From the forest to the clinic
It is the right of indigenous peoples to maintain traditional cultural practices but women's right to reproductive health may be compromised by the very beliefs and practices that define culture. Based on interviews with Katang villagers and a range of local medical practitioners, this paper describes how the Katang people of Lao are coming to terms with this dilemma in a context of development and change. Indigenous religion prohibits Katang wom…
Regional Conference on Gender and Technology in Asia
Ait-Gasat Asia Joint Conference
From the forest to the clinic
It is the right of indigenous peoples to maintain traditional cultural practices but women's right to reproductive health may be compromised by the very beliefs and practices that define culture. Based on interviews with Katang villagers and a range of local medical practitioners, this paper describes how the Katang people of Lao are coming to terms with this dilemma in a context of development and change. Indigenous religion prohibits Katang wom…
Diversifying gender
‘Gender’ is a word that has become part of HIV/AIDS-related vocabulary and conceptual understanding. However, gender and development approaches understand it as denoting only two identities: male and female. Sexuality is likewise assumed to be heterosexuality. This thinking has informed HIV/AIDS prevention strategies worldwide, and the result is to exclude people who differ from these definitions, leaving them at risk of HIV infection. Research i…
Ait-Gasat Asia Joint Conference
Regional Conference on Gender and Technology in Asia
From the forest to the clinic
It is the right of indigenous peoples to maintain traditional cultural practices but women's right to reproductive health may be compromised by the very beliefs and practices that define culture. Based on interviews with Katang villagers and a range of local medical practitioners, this paper describes how the Katang people of Lao are coming to terms with this dilemma in a context of development and change. Indigenous religion prohibits Katang wom…
Uterine prolapse in rural Nepal
This paper describes the contribution of gender beliefs and gender-skewed cultural practices to the high prevalence of uterine prolapse among rural women in Nepal. In conditions of difficult geography, inadequate health services and underdevelopment, the pre-natal period is marked by a heavy workload, a low rate of pre-natal care, and restrictions on a woman's own health decision-making. Delivery is often facilitated by untrained assistants using…
Globalization and Human Rights as Gendered Ideologies
Economic globalization and its counter ideology, human rights, share philosophical foundations in liberalism, in which individual rights are central. But the public/private divide of liberalism has been instrumental in denying women their human rights in both domains. Using the case of a pulp mill and its effects on the surrounding community, this article traces how Western liberal philosophy constructs both globalization and human rights as gend…
Diversifying gender
‘Gender’ is a word that has become part of HIV/AIDS-related vocabulary and conceptual understanding. However, gender and development approaches understand it as denoting only two identities: male and female. Sexuality is likewise assumed to be heterosexuality. This thinking has informed HIV/AIDS prevention strategies worldwide, and the result is to exclude people who differ from these definitions, leaving them at risk of HIV infection. Research i…
Identity diversification among transgender sex workers in Thailand’s sex tourism industry
This article looks at identity diversification among Thai (MTF) transgender sex workers who are in a semi-reassigned physical state; working in two famous sex tourism hot spots in Thailand. Locating the informants in their own gender system, then drawing on western queer and transgender theories, we examine the negotiation of gender and identity in this unique cultural, historical and political context. The research shows that the sex industry fa…
Geography (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Human sexuality (2 works) · Migration, Identity, and Health (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Politics (2 works)