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Gender reversals and gender cultures : anthropological and historical perspectives / / edited by Sabrina Petra Ramet



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Titolo: Gender reversals and gender cultures : anthropological and historical perspectives / / edited by Sabrina Petra Ramet Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1996
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (246 p.)
Disciplina: 305.3
Soggetto topico: Sex role
Gender identity
Cross-dressing
Transsexualism
Taboo
Androgyny (Psychology)
Altri autori: RametSabrina P. <1949->  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on contributors; Preface; GENDER REVERSALS AND GENDER CULTURES An Introduction; TRAVERSING GENDER Cultural context and gender practices; SUMER Gender, gender roles, gender role reversals; CROSS-DRESSING AND CROSS-PURPOSES Gender possibilities in the Acts of Thecla; MARTYRS, ASCETICS, AND GNOSTICS Gender-crossing in early Christianity; CROSS-DRESSING, GENDER ERRORS, AND SEXUAL TABOOS IN RENAISSANCE LITERATURE; ELENA ALIAS ELENO Genders, sexualities, and ~race~ in the mirror of natural history in sixteenth-century Spain
BECOMING MALE Salvation through gender modification in Hinduism and BuddhismGENDER, POWER, AND SPECTACLE IN LATE-IMPERIAL CHINESE THEATER; EROTICISM, SEXUALITY, AND GENDER REVERSAL IN HUNGARIAN CULTURE; SACRED GENDERS IN SIBERIA Shamans, bear festivals, and androgyny; THERE IS MORE THAN JUST WOMEN AND MEN Gender variance in North American Indian cultures; THE PROCREATIVE AND RITUAL CONSTITUTION OF FEMALE, MALE, AND OTHER Androgynous beings in the cul
Sommario/riassunto: This collection of original essays explores the historical and cultural diversity of the experience of gender reversal over an exceptional geographical and chronological range. Topics cove- red include anthropology, history, literature.
Altri titoli varianti: Gender reversals & gender cultures
Titolo autorizzato: Gender reversals and gender cultures  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-134-82211-1
0-203-29571-4
1-280-32061-3
1-134-82212-X
0-203-42893-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910783707903321
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