Migrating genders
Schmidt, Johanna.
Migrating genders westernisation, migration, and Samoan Fa'afafine / [electronic resource] : Johanna Schmidt. - Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate Pub. Company, c2010. - xiv, 225 p. - Anthropology and cultural history in Asia and the Indo-Pacific . - Anthropology and cultural history in Asia and the Indo-Pacific. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- (re)defining Fa'afafine: the discursive construction of Samoan trangenderism -- Ideals of gender: men, women and Fa'afafine in fa'asamoa -- Paradise lost? social change and Fa'afafine in Samoa -- "you hardly see any grown men doing that sort of thing over here": Fa'afafine migrants' initial experiences of Aotearoa/New Zealand -- Reconciling femininity with Palagi identities: gay Fa'afafine men and passing Fa'afafine women -- Maintaining ambiguity: (re)claiming Fa'afafine identities in Aotearoa/New zealand -- Conclusion.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Transgender people--Samoa.
Transgender people--New Zealand.
Gender identity--Samoa.
Gender identity--New Zealand.
Sex role--Samoa.
Sex role--New Zealand.
Electronic books.
HQ77.95.S36 / S45 2010eb
306.76/8099614
Migrating genders westernisation, migration, and Samoan Fa'afafine / [electronic resource] : Johanna Schmidt. - Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate Pub. Company, c2010. - xiv, 225 p. - Anthropology and cultural history in Asia and the Indo-Pacific . - Anthropology and cultural history in Asia and the Indo-Pacific. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- (re)defining Fa'afafine: the discursive construction of Samoan trangenderism -- Ideals of gender: men, women and Fa'afafine in fa'asamoa -- Paradise lost? social change and Fa'afafine in Samoa -- "you hardly see any grown men doing that sort of thing over here": Fa'afafine migrants' initial experiences of Aotearoa/New Zealand -- Reconciling femininity with Palagi identities: gay Fa'afafine men and passing Fa'afafine women -- Maintaining ambiguity: (re)claiming Fa'afafine identities in Aotearoa/New zealand -- Conclusion.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Transgender people--Samoa.
Transgender people--New Zealand.
Gender identity--Samoa.
Gender identity--New Zealand.
Sex role--Samoa.
Sex role--New Zealand.
Electronic books.
HQ77.95.S36 / S45 2010eb
306.76/8099614