Migrating genders [electronic resource] : westernisation, migration, and Samoan Fa'afafine / Johanna Schmidt.
Series: Anthropology and cultural history in Asia and the Indo-PacificPublication details: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate Pub. Company, c2010.Description: xiv, 225 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:- 306.76/8099614 22
- HQ77.95.S36 S45 2010eb
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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.
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