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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.

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In 1992, nearing the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of "Berdache: A Brief Review of the Literature" (Jacobs 1968), it became important to me to questions whether the "berdache" [sic] enterprise of the 1980s had been part of a movement for remasculinization of certain American and European men (white heterosexual males with classic education) through the exotification of "others" (particularly males of color and males living in exoticized cultures).

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  • Title Two-Spirit People: Native American Gender Identity, Sexuality, and Spirituality
  • Author Sue-Ellen Jacobs (Editor); Wesley Thomas (Editor); Sabine Lang (Editor)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 352
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Illinois Press, Urbana
  • Date July 1, 1997
  • ISBN 9780252066450 / 0252066456
  • Weight 1.29 lbs (0.59 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6.06 x 0.93 in (22.86 x 15.39 x 2.36 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: Native American
    • Sex & Gender: Gay
  • Library of Congress subjects Indians of North America - Sexual behavior, Indian women - Sexual behavior - North
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 96-51214
  • Dewey Decimal Code 306.708

About the author

Sue-Ellen Jacobs, a professor of women studies and adjunct professor of anthropology and music at the University of Washington, is the coauthor of Winds of Change: Women in Northwest Commercial Fishing. A veteran of many years with the Indian Health Service, Wesley Thomas (Navajo) has extensive experience working with the Native American gay and lesbian community and two-spirit gatherings. Sabine Lang, an anthropologist living in Hamburg, Germany, is the author of Men as Women - Women as Men: Gender-Role Change in North American Cultures.
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