Migrating genders [electronic resource] : westernisation, migration, and Samoan Fa'afafine / Johanna Schmidt.

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Schmidt, Johanna

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ebrary, Inc

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TextSeries: Anthropology and cultural history in Asia and the Indo-PacificPublication details: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate Pub. Company, c2010.Description: xiv, 225 pSubject(s):

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Electronic books.

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306.76/8099614 22

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HQ77.95.S36 S45 2010eb

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Contents:

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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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