"This book is a path-breaking ethnographic study of the culture of transgender males. . .[and] much more than a study of Southeast Asian sex/gender patterns, being a finely nuanced account of how minority ethnic, religious and gender identities are constituted in terms of multiple sets of relations. [...] Johnson's book marks an important step forward in research on Southeast Asia." --Canberra Anthropology

"Sensitive ethnography can (itals) be accomplished, as Mark Johnson aptly demonstrates. His ethnography serves as a vehicle for the voices, concerns, and political agendas of a marginalized community." --American Anthropologist

"The . . . study is an important contribution to our knowledge of sexuality and of the region . . . The monograph communicates a sense of the cultural complexity and violent history which characterize this part of the world." --Cambridge Anthology

" ... this is a well-written, very detailed, and closely argued ethnography which is a significant contribution to the anthropology of sexuality and gender." --Anthropological Quarterly