Migrating Genders : Westernisation, Migration, and Samoan Fa'afafine
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1409402738
ISBN-13
9781409402732
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 16th, 2010
Print length
240 Pages
Weight
590 grams
Dimensions
24.80 x 17.50 x 2.00 cms
Product Classification:
Gender studies, gender groupsSociologyAnthropology
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Presents a sustained description of male-to-female transgendered identities, explaining how the fa'afafine fit within the wider gender system of Samoa and examining both the impact of westernisation on fa'afafine identities and lives, and the experiences of fa'afafine who have migrated to New Zealand.
Migrating Genders presents a sustained description of male-to-female transgendered identities, explaining how the fa''afafine fit within the wider gender system of Samoa, and examining both the impact of Westernization on fa''afafine identities and lives, and the experiences of fa''afafine who have migrated to New Zealand. Informed by theories of sex, gender and embodiment, this book explores the manner in which the expression and understanding of non-normative gendered identities in Samoa problematizes dominant western understandings of the relationship between sex and gender. Drawing on rich empirical material, this book tells of both the diversity and the uniqueness of fa''afafine identities, aspects which fa''afafine have maintained in the face of Westernization, migration, and cultural marginalization in both Samoa and New Zealand. As such, in addition to anthropologists, it will be of interest to geographers, sociologists, and other readers with interests in gender and sexuality.
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