Men as Women, Women as Men: Changing Gender in Native American Cultures

by Sabine Lang

Book Overview

As contemporary Native and non-Native Americans explore various forms of "gender bending" and gay and lesbian identities, interest has grown in "berdaches," the womanly men and manly women who existed in many Native American tribal cultures. Yet attempts to find current role models in these historical figures sometimes distort and oversimplify the historical realities.

This book provides an objective, comprehensive study of Native American...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292747012
• ISBN13: 9780292747012
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"