Challenging Gender Norms : Five Genders among Bugis in Indonesia

Name: Challenging Gender Norms : Five Genders among Bugis in Indonesia
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ISBN: 9780495092803

ISBN-10: 0495092800

ISBN-13: 9780495092803

Edition: 2007

Authors: Sharyn Graham

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As part of the Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology series, edited by George Spindler and Janice E. Stockard, Sharyn Graham brings us CHALLENGING GENDER NORMS: THE FIVE GENDERS OF INDONESIA. This case study explores the Bugis ethnic group, native to the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, that recognizes five gender categories rather than the two acknowledged in most societies. The Bugis acknowledge three sexes (female, male, hermaphrodite), four genders (women, men, calabai, and calalai), and a fifth meta-gender group, the bissu. This ethnography presents individuals' stories, opinions and deliberations, grounding discussions of how gendered identities are constructed in a rapidly changing…

Book details

List price: $80.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 9/25/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English




Conceptualizing Gender



The Importance of Being Gendered



Hunting Down Love: Female Transgendering



Contesting Masculinity and Negotiating Femininity



Androgynous Shamans and Rituals of Gender



I Do, I Do: A Journey Through Two Indonesian Weddings


Conclusion: Rethinking Gender