Migrating genders : westernisation, migration, and Samoan fa'afafine /
Migrating genders : westernisation, migration, and Samoan fa'afafine /
Johanna Schmidt.
- xi, 225 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Anthropology and cultural history in Asia and the Indo-Pacific .
- Anthropology and cultural history in Asia and the Indo-Pacific. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-207) 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.
1409402738 9781409402732
Transgender people--Samoa
Transgender people--New Zealand
Gender identity--Samoa
Gender identity--New Zealand
Sex role--Samoa
Sex role--New Zealand
306.768099614
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-207) 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.
1409402738 9781409402732
Transgender people--Samoa
Transgender people--New Zealand
Gender identity--Samoa
Gender identity--New Zealand
Sex role--Samoa
Sex role--New Zealand
306.768099614