Asegi Stories: Cherokee Queer and Two-Spirit Memory

by Qwo-Li Driskill

Book Overview

In Cherokee Asegi udanto refers to people who either fall outside of men's and women's roles or who mix men's and women's roles. Asegi, which translates as "strange," is also used by some Cherokees as a term similar to "queer." For author Qwo-Li Driskill, asegi provides a means by which to reread Cherokee history in order to listen for those stories rendered "strange" by colonial heteropatriarchy.

As the first full-length work...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816530483
• ISBN13: 9780816530489
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"