Intro
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Revisiting Gender and Sexuality Justice in Asia-Bridging Academia and Activism
Contents
Editors and Contributors
Part IGender Justice in Asia
1 Gender Inequality, Mainstreaming Strategies and Perpetual Liminalities
Introduction
Liminality and Studying Policy Impact
A 'Death' of What Was
The World Bank, Community Development and Gender Equality
The 'Birth' of New Values, Behaviours and Practices
A Case Study on Attitudes
Almost Anew
Perpetual Liminalities
References

2 Hail Hijabis: Celebrification of Influencers by Postmodern Malay-Muslim Women in Malaysia
Introduction
The Malaynnials and Modesty
The Rise of the Micro-celebrity
Performativity in Celebrification: A Theoretical Framework
Methodology
Findings and Discussion
Performativity in Celebrification at Individual Level
Performativity in Celebrification at Micro-celebrity Level
Performativity in Celebrification at Societal Level
Conclusion
References
3 Gendering Adat Law: Women's Rights Activists in Balinese Customary Affairs
Introduction

Balinese Women in Customary Law
Women's Rights Activism in Customary Affairs
Achievements and Limitations
Conclusion
References
4 Sexuality as Struggle: Michel Houellebecq and the South East Asian Sex Trade
Humans as Capital in the Age of Industrialization
Marketing Clichés of the Cultural (/Sexual) Other
The Social Marginalization of Sex Workers and Sex Tourists
Conclusion
References
5 Hindu Mothers and Muslim-Convert Fathers: Custody Battles at the Intersection of Gender, Religion and Rights in Malaysia
Introduction

Socio-Cultural Background of the Malaysian Legal System
The Hindu Mother(s) and the Muslim-Convert Father(s)
Battling for Children, Religion and Rights in the Courts
Concluding Remarks
References
Part IISexuality Justice in Asia
6 Constructing the (Homo)Sexual Self: Positioning in the Sexual Narratives of Filipino Gay Men
Introduction
Positioning
Male Homosexuality in the Philippines
Methodology
Gayness in Coming Out Narratives
Gayness in Localized Narratives of Normativity
Discussion and Conclusion
Appendix
References

7 The Experience of Young LGBT People in Rural Vietnam
Methods
The Vietnamese Context
Rural Vietnam and Change
(Young) Vietnamese LGBT
Provincial Public Perceptions of LGBT
Misconceptions
Collective Culture
The Kin
The Rural LGBT Community
LGBT Community Engagement
Lay Knowledge
Online Connection
Conclusion
References
8 Beyond 'Butch': The Fluidity of Embodiment by Masculine-Identified Lesbians in Singapore
Aims of Research
Method and Methodology
Embodiments of Masculinity and Femininity
'Natural' Embodiment
'Unnatural' Embodiment