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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814553303321

Autore

Davies Sharyn Graham

Titolo

Gender diversity in Indonesia : sexuality, Islam and queer selves / / Sharyn Graham Davies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-16983-7

1-135-16984-5

1-282-57210-5

9786612572104

0-203-86095-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 p.)

Collana

Asian Studies Association of Australia Women in Asia series

Disciplina

305.309598

306.7609598

Soggetti

Gender nonconformity - Indonesia

Gender identity - Indonesia

Sexual minorities - Indonesia

Calabai

Calalai

Bissu

Gender identity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Series editor's foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Framing place and process; 2 Contextualizing gender; 3 Queer(y)ing transgender; 4 Gendering the present past; 5 Gendering life; 6 Calalai subject positions; 7 Calabai subject positions; 8 Bissu subject positions; 9 Conclusion; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Indonesia provides particularly interesting examples of gender diversity. Same-sex relations, transvestism and cross-gender behaviour have long been noted amongst a wide range of Indonesian peoples. This book explores the nature of gender diversity in Indonesia, and with the world's largest Muslim population, it examines Islam in this



context. Based on extensive ethnographic research, it discusses in particular calalai - female-born individuals who identify as neither woman nor man; calabai - male-born individuals who also identify as neither man nor woman; and bissu</