Changing Ones: Third and Fourth Genders in Native North America
The term 'berdache' is a little-known, rarely discussed reference to Native American individuals who embodied both genders - what some might classify as 'the third sex.' Berdaches were known to combine male and female social roles with traits unique to their status as a third gender, defying and redefining traditional notions of gender-specific behavior. In Changing Ones , William Roscoe opens up and explores the world of berdaches, revealing meaningful differences between Native American culture and contemporary North American culture. Roscoe reveals that rather than being ostracized or forced into obscurity, berdaches were embraced by some…
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- ISBN: 978-0-312-22479-0
- EAN: 9780312224790
- Produktnummer: 9102807
- Verlag: Springer Nature
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.6 cm x D2.6 cm 490 g
- Auflage: St Martin's Gri
- Gewicht: 490
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WILLIAM ROSCOE is the author of The Zuni Man-Woman, which received the Margaret Mead Award of the American Anthropological Association and a Lamda Literary Award, as well as the editor of Living the Spirit: A Gay American Indian Anthology (SMP).
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