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- catalog abstract "Publisher description: As contemporary Native and non-Native Americans explore various forms of "gender bending" and gay and lesbian identities, interest has grown in "berdaches," the womanly men and manly women who existed in many Native American tribal cultures. Yet attempts to find current role models in these historical figures sometimes distort and oversimplify the historical realities. This book provides an objective, comprehensive study of Native American women-men and men-women across many tribal cultures and an extended time span.".
- catalog alternative "Männer als Frauen, Frauen als Männer. English".
- catalog contributor b10941169.
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-379) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- Early sources: missionaries and traders, physicians and ethnologists -- Twentieth-century research -- Gender identity, gender role, and gender status -- Cross-dressing and mixed gender roles -- Cross-dressing and the feminine gender role -- Feminine activities without cross-dressing -- The imitation of "femininity" and intersexuality -- Women-Men as "shamans," medicine persons, and healer -- Other specialized occupations of Women-Men -- Partner relationships and sexuality -- Entrance into the status of Woman-Man -- Women-Men in Native American cultures; ideology and reality -- Cross-dressing and mixed gender roles -- Men-Women in masculine occupations -- Status, relationships, and entrance rituals of Men-Women -- Warrior women and manly-hearted women -- Attitudes toward Women-Men and Men-Women -- Gender role change and homosexuality -- Gender role change in Native American oral traditions -- Conclusion.".
- catalog description "Publisher description: As contemporary Native and non-Native Americans explore various forms of "gender bending" and gay and lesbian identities, interest has grown in "berdaches," the womanly men and manly women who existed in many Native American tribal cultures. Yet attempts to find current role models in these historical figures sometimes distort and oversimplify the historical realities. This book provides an objective, comprehensive study of Native American women-men and men-women across many tribal cultures and an extended time span.".
- catalog extent "xvii, 398 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Men as women, women as men.".
- catalog identifier "0292747004 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0292747012 (paper : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Men as women, women as men.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng ger".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Austin : University of Texas Press,".
- catalog relation "Men as women, women as men.".
- catalog subject "305.3/08997 21".
- catalog subject "E98.S48 L3613 1998".
- catalog subject "Homosexuality Cross-cultural studies.".
- catalog subject "Indians of North America Sexual behavior.".
- catalog subject "Indians of North America Social life and customs.".
- catalog subject "Sex role Cross-cultural studies.".
- catalog subject "Transvestism Cross-cultural studies.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- Early sources: missionaries and traders, physicians and ethnologists -- Twentieth-century research -- Gender identity, gender role, and gender status -- Cross-dressing and mixed gender roles -- Cross-dressing and the feminine gender role -- Feminine activities without cross-dressing -- The imitation of "femininity" and intersexuality -- Women-Men as "shamans," medicine persons, and healer -- Other specialized occupations of Women-Men -- Partner relationships and sexuality -- Entrance into the status of Woman-Man -- Women-Men in Native American cultures; ideology and reality -- Cross-dressing and mixed gender roles -- Men-Women in masculine occupations -- Status, relationships, and entrance rituals of Men-Women -- Warrior women and manly-hearted women -- Attitudes toward Women-Men and Men-Women -- Gender role change and homosexuality -- Gender role change in Native American oral traditions -- Conclusion.".
- catalog title "Men as women, women as men : changing gender in Native American cultures / Sabine Lang ; [translated from the German by John L. Vantine]".
- catalog title "Männer als Frauen, Frauen als Männer. English".
- catalog type "Cross-cultural studies. fast".
- catalog type "text".