The author provides a vivid and original study of what it means to be a woman in a village in rural Thailand. As a study on health, this book concentrates on the intimacies of women's bodies while simultaneously exploring how experiences of health and illness are shaped by the wider context of the developing Thai state. The author provides a vivid and original study of what it means to be a woman in a village in rural Thailand. As a study on health, this book concentrates on the intimacies of women's bodies while simultaneously exploring how experiences of health and illness are shaped by the wider context of the developing Thai state.