Transcendents: Spirit Mediums in Burma and Thailand

In collaboration with Dr. Eli Coleman, professor and director of the Program in Human Sexuality at the University of Minnesota,Transcendents studies the phenomenon of gender variance among the spirit cults of Burma and Thailand. This book combines a raw, personal, photographic standpoint with an anthropological and sexological perspective on the genderfluid spirit mediums in Thailand and Burma. Mariette Pathy Allenhas been a pioneering force in gender consciousness, contributing to numerous cultural and academic publications about gender variance and lecturing worldwide. Dr. Eli Colemanis a founding editor of the International Journal of Transgenderism and past president of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health. Zackary Druckeris an award-winning cultural producer, and trans woman who breaks down the way we think about gender.… (more)