Framing Thai Sexuality in the Age of Aids - Introduction

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ID3455149
AuthorsChris Lyttleton (0000-0002-8104-6953, Macquarie University, corresponding author)
Year1995
Volume6
Issue1-2
Pages135-139
Publication date1995-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Australian Journal of Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1035-8811 • E-ISSN: 1757-6547
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1835-9310.1995.tb00275.x
PMID12291559
OpenAlexW4256480836
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited3

Four of the papers presented at a panel on acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) at the 1994 conference of the Australian Anthropological Society focused on Thailand, which is widely regarded as the epicenter of the epidemic in Southeast Asia. In his introduction to these papers, Lyttleton notes that the discourse on AIDS in Thailand has been characterized by a medical, hierarchical approach. Unlike the situation in countries such as the US, where homosexuals have engaged in collective activism to prevent the further spread of AIDS, Thailand's high-risk groups (e.g., prostitutes and injecting drug users) lack the group identification essential for the development of a culture of safe sex practices. Any discussion of AIDS in the Thai context must include an examination of the role of social drinking in framing men's public sexuality and male identity. Moreover, the homophobic nature of Thai culture has led to a dismissal of the reality of homosexual transmission

Citation · Human sexuality · Library science · Media studies · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Computer Science · Gender Studies · History · Philippine History and Culture · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies

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