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Two-spirit people : Native American gender identity, sexuality, and spirituality / edited by Sue-Ellen Jacobs, Wesley Thomas, and Sabine Lang.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--Sexual behavior.
- Indians of North America.
- Indian women--Sexual behavior--North America.
- Indian women.
- Indian lesbians.
- Social conditions.
- Indian gay people.
- Lesbians.
- Identity (Philosophical concept).
- Gay people.
- North America.
- Gay people--North America--Identity.
- Lesbians--North America--Identity.
- Indian gay people--North America--Social conditions.
- Indian lesbians--North America--Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 331 pages : illustrations (1 color) ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [1997]
- Summary:
- This landmark book combines the voices of Native Americans and non-Indians, anthropologists and others, in an exploration of gender and sexuality issues as they relate to lesbian, gay, transgendered, and other "marked" Native Americans. Focusing on the concept of two-spirit people--individuals not necessarily gay or lesbian, transvestite or bisexual, but whose behaviors or beliefs may sometimes be interpreted by others as uncharacteristic of their sex--this book is the first to provide an intimate look at how many two-spirit people feel about themselves, how other Native Americans treat them, and how anthropologists and other scholars interpret them and their cultures. 1997 Winner of the Ruth Benedict Prize for an edited book given by the Society of Lesbian and Gay Anthropologists.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0252023447
- 0252066456
- OCLC:
- 36001402
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