Includes bibliographical references and index.

CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Radhika Chandiramani and Geetanjali Misra
Chapter 1 Looking in Horror and Fascination: Sex, Violence and Spectatorship in
India
Shohini Ghosh
Chapter 2 The Stage, The Body: The Sites for Women's Dissent-A Case of Engendering the Praxis of Theater in the Philippines
Lea Lastrilla Espallardo
Chapter 3 Some Notes Towards Understanding the Construction of Middle-Class Urban Women's Sexuality in India
Shilpa Phadke
Chapter 4 Through the Prism of Intersectionality: Same Sex Sexualities in India
Jaya Sharma and Dipika Nath
Chapter 5 The Struggle to be Ourselves, Neither Men nor Women: Mak Nyahs in Malaysia
Khartini Slamah
Chapter 6 The Rights of People with Same Sex Sexual Behavior: Recent Progress and Continuing Challenges in China
Zhang Beichuan and Joan Kaufman
Chapter 7 Unlearning and Learning: The Sexuality and Rights Institute in India
Radhika Chandiramani and Geetanjali Misra
Chapter 8 Raising Sexuality as a Political Issue in the Catholic Philippines
Junice L. Demeterio Melgar
Chapter 9 Working from Within: Using the Legitimacy of Religion to Create Change in Indonesia
Masruchah and Bridget Keenan
Chapter 10 Speaking With a New Voice: Sisters in Islam in Malaysia
Rashidah Shuib
Chapter 11 Challenging Moral Guardianship in Pakistan
Shazia Mohamed
Chapter 12 Protecting The Rights Of Sex Workers: The Indian Experience
Geetanjali Misra, Ajay Mahal and Rima Shah
Chapter 13 Rest, Recreation, and Resistance: Advancing the Rights of Sex Workers in Thailand
Veronica Magar and Chantawipa Apisuk
Chapter 14 Not A Sob Story: Representing the Realities of Sex Work in India
Bishakha Datta
Chapter 15 Communities Beyond the Pale: Sex Workers' Rights and Human Rights in Sri Lanka
Sunila Abeysekera
About the Editors and Contributors
Index