Challenging Gender Norms: Five Genders Among Bugis in Indonesia

By (author): "Sharyn Graham Davies"
Challenging Gender Norms: Five Genders Among Bugis in Indonesia
ISBN0495092800
ISBN139780495092803
AsinChallenging Gender Norms: Five Genders Among Bugis in Indonesia
Original titleChallenging Gender Norms: Five Genders Among Bugis in Indonesia (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology)
See how gender identities are constructed in a rapidly changing cultural milieu with CHALLENGING GENDER NORMS: THE FIVE GENDERS OF INDONESIA! This case study in cultural anthropology explores the Bugis ethnic group, native to the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, which recognizes five gender categories rather than the two acknowledged in most societies. This ethnography presents individuals' stories, opinions, and deliberations and proposes a new theory of gender which incorporates appreciation of variously gendered subjectivities.