Men as women, women as men : changing gender in Native American cultures

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Men as women, women as men : changing gender in Native American cultures

Sabine Lang ; translated from the German by John L. Vantine

University of Texas Press, 1998

  • : pbk

タイトル別名

Männer als Frauen, Frauen als Männer

Men as women, women as men

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注記

Bibliography: p. 355-379

Includes index

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ISBN 9780292747005

内容説明

As contemporary Native and non-Native Americans explore various forms of gender bending and gay and lesbian identities, interest has grown in berdaches, the womanly men and manly women who existed in many Native American tribal cultures. Yet attempts to find current role models in these historical figures sometimes distort and oversimplify the historical realities. This book provides an objective, comprehensive study of Native American women-men and men-women across many tribal cultures and an extended time span. Sabine Lang explores such topics as their religious and secular roles; the relation of the roles of women-men and men-women to the roles of women and men in their respective societies; the ways in which gender-role change was carried out, legitimized, and explained in Native American cultures; the widely differing attitudes toward women-men and men-women in tribal cultures; and the role of these figures in Native mythology. Lang's findings challenge the apparent gender equality of the berdache institution, as well as the supposed universality of concepts such as homosexuality.
巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780292747012

内容説明

As contemporary Native and non-Native Americans explore various forms of "gender bending" and gay and lesbian identities, interest has grown in "berdaches," the womanly men and manly women who existed in many Native American tribal cultures. Yet attempts to find current role models in these historical figures sometimes distort and oversimplify the historical realities. This book provides an objective, comprehensive study of Native American women-men and men-women across many tribal cultures and an extended time span. Sabine Lang explores such topics as their religious and secular roles; the relation of the roles of women-men and men-women to the roles of women and men in their respective societies; the ways in which gender-role change was carried out, legitimized, and explained in Native American cultures; the widely differing attitudes toward women-men and men-women in tribal cultures; and the role of these figures in Native mythology. Lang's findings challenge the apparent gender equality of the "berdache" institution, as well as the supposed universality of concepts such as homosexuality.

目次

List of Maps, Tables, and Figures Preface Part One: Introduction, Background, and Definitions Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Early Sources: Missionaries and Traders, Physicians and Ethnologists Chapter 3: Twentieth-Century Research Chapter 4: Gender Identity, Gender Role, and Gender Status Part Two: Gender Role Change by Males Chapter 5: Cross-Dressing and Mixed Gender Roles Chapter 6: Cross-Dressing and the Feminine Gender Role Chapter 7: Feminine Activities Without Cross-Dressing Chapter 8: The Imitation of "Femininity" and Intersexuality Chapter 9: Women-Men as "Shamans," Medicine Persons, and Healers Chapter 10: Other Specialized Occupations of Women-Men Chapter 11: Partner Relationships and Sexuality Chapter 12: Entrance into the Status of Woman-Man Chapter 13: Women-Men in Native American Cultures: Ideology and Reality Part Three: Gender Role Change by Females Chapter 14: Cross-Dressing and Mixed Gender Roles Chapter 15: Men-Women in Masculine Occupations Chapter 16: Status, Relationships, and Entrance Rituals of Men-Women Chapter 17: Warrior Women and Manly-Hearted Women Part Four: The Cultural Context of Gender Role Change Chapter 18: Attitudes Toward Women-Men and Men-Women Chapter 19: Gender Role Change and Homosexuality Chapter 20: Gender Role Change in Native American Oral Traditions Chapter 21: Conclusion References Index

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