In: Anthropology and cultural history in Asia and the Indo-Pacific
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.
In: Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacific
In: Anthropology and cultural history in Asia and the Indo-Pacific
1. Introduction -- 2. (Re)defining Fa'afafine : the discursive construction of Samoan trangenderism -- 3. Ideals of gender : men, women and Fa'afafine in Fa'asamoa -- 4. Paradise lost? : social change and Fa'afafine in Samoa -- 5. 'You hardly see any grown men doing that sort of thing over here' : Fa'afafine migrants' initial experiences of Aotearoa/New Zealand -- 6. Reconciling femininity with Palagi identities : gay Fa'afafine men and passing Fa'afafine women -- 7. Maintaining ambiguity : (re)claiming Fa'afafine identities in Aotearoa/New Zealand -- 8. Conclusion.
In: Anthropology and cultural history in Asia and the Indo-Pacific
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