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Sluts and superwomen: the politics of gender liminality in urban Tonga
Ethnos • 62 (1-2) • Published In 1997 • Pages: 5-31
By: Besnier, Niko.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of the various identities of transgendered men in Tonga's modern urban society. LEITĪ do woman's work in the household and service industries. Some do have sex with men. Besnier profiles two LEITĪ, who represent two extreme poles of behavior. One is a very industrious and matronly seamstress and clothes maker, and the other is a glamorous and feminine cross dresser. He also examines the stereotypes of LEITĪ and their resistance to such stereotyping. Rather than trying to type transgendered identities, Besnier argues that it is more worthwhile to examine the socio-cultural processes that shape their identities.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Homosexuality
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tongans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2006
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Polynesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2004
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1977-1995
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1977-1995
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Nuku'alofa, Tonga
- NotesAdditional notes
- Niko Besnier
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 27-31)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 45053696
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tongans