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

• Autore: Davies Sharyn Graham
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (276 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.309598; 306.7609598
• Soggetto topico: Transgenderism - Indonesia; Gender identity - Indonesia; Sexual minorities - Indonesia; Calabai; Calalai; Bissu; Gender identity
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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</
• Titolo autorizzato: Gender diversity in Indonesia
• ISBN: 1-135-16983-7; 1-135-16984-5; 1-282-57210-5; 9786612572104; 0-203-86095-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458996803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: ASAA women in Asia series.