Behind the Mask Gender Hybridity in a Zapotec Community / Alfredo Mirande.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mirandé, Alfredo, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex role.

Gender identity.

Two-spirit people--Mexico--Juchitán de Zaragoza.

Two-spirit people.

Zapotec Indians--Mexico--Juchitán de Zaragoza.

Zapotec Indians.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (pages :) illustrations ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2017

Place of Publication:

Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2017.

Summary:

"This book challenges Mexican narratives of the partriarchal gender binary by looking at the Muxes, a gender fluid indigenous group readily accepted by their community"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface

Introduction

1. Las Intrépidas and the Great Muxe Vela

2. Sex, Sexuality, and Power

3. Doing Gender in Juchitán

4. A Blessing from God?: Muxe Narratives

5. Community Acceptance

6. Two-Spirit Muxe Zapotec Identity

7. Behind the Mask: Unraveling Sex and Gender

Conclusion: Lessons from the Field

Appendix A. Muxe Respondents

Appendix B. Muxe Occupations

Appendix C. Gay, Lesbiana, and Mayate Respondents

Appendix D. Community Respondents

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

OCLC:

969446367