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This landmark book combines the voices of Native Americans and non-Indians, anthropologists and others, in an exploration of gender and sexuality issues as they relate to lesbian, gay, transgendered, and other 'marked' Native Americans. Focusing on the concept of two-spirit people--individuals not necessarily gay or lesbian, transvestite or bisexual, but whose behaviors or beliefs may sometimes be interpreted by others as uncharacteristic of their sex--this book is the first to provide an intimate look at how many two-spirit people feel about themselves, how other Native Americans treat them, and how anthropologists and other scholars interpret them and their cultures.

1997 Winner of the Ruth Benedict Prize for an edited book given by the Society of Lesbian and Gay Anthropologists.


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"This volume converts a lifeless, stereotyped image into a vast array of living, breathing, thinking, and talking people." -- William L. Leap, coeditor of Out in the Field: Reflections of Lesbian and Gay Anthropologists

TwoSpirit People

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      Publisher University of Illinois Press
      Published 1 July 1997
      ISBN-13 9780252066450
      978-0252066450
      ISBN-10 0252066456
      Also in:
      Gender studies, gender groups Indigenous peoples / Indigeneity

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This landmark book combines the voices of Native Americans and non-Indians, anthropologists and others, in an exploration of gender and sexuality issues as they relate to lesbian, gay, transgendered, and other 'marked' Native Americans. Focusing on the concept of two-spirit people--individuals not necessarily gay or lesbian, transvestite or bisexual, but whose behaviors or beliefs may sometimes be interpreted by others as uncharacteristic of their sex--this book is the first to provide an intimate look at how many two-spirit people feel about themselves, how other Native Americans treat them, and how anthropologists and other scholars interpret them and their cultures.

      1997 Winner of the Ruth Benedict Prize for an edited book given by the Society of Lesbian and Gay Anthropologists.


      Trade Review

      "This volume converts a lifeless, stereotyped image into a vast array of living, breathing, thinking, and talking people." -- William L. Leap, coeditor of Out in the Field: Reflections of Lesbian and Gay Anthropologists

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