The Zuni man-woman / Will Roscoe.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c1991.Edition: 1st edDescription: xxi, 302 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0826312535
  • 9780826312532
  • 0826313701 (pbk.)
  • 9780826313706 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.73/089974 20
LOC classification:
  • E99.Z9 R78 1991
Contents:
A death that caused universal regret -- The middle place -- We'wha, the celebrated Lhamana -- Among the most enlightened society -- The country was full of soldiers -- The rites of gender -- Two-fold one-kind -- They left this great sin -- The berdache tradition -- The beginning -- Correspondences of the Zuni origin myth -- Kan'a kwe synonymy.
Awards:
  • Lambda Literary Award, 1991
Summary: This work focuses on the life of We'wha (1849-96), the Zuni who was perhaps the most famous berdache (an individual who combined the work and traits of both men and women) in American Indian history. Through We'wha's exceptional life, the author creates a vivid picture of an alternative gender role whose history has been hidden and almost forgotten.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-289) and index.

A death that caused universal regret -- The middle place -- We'wha, the celebrated Lhamana -- Among the most enlightened society -- The country was full of soldiers -- The rites of gender -- Two-fold one-kind -- They left this great sin -- The berdache tradition -- The beginning -- Correspondences of the Zuni origin myth -- Kan'a kwe synonymy.

This work focuses on the life of We'wha (1849-96), the Zuni who was perhaps the most famous berdache (an individual who combined the work and traits of both men and women) in American Indian history. Through We'wha's exceptional life, the author creates a vivid picture of an alternative gender role whose history has been hidden and almost forgotten.

Lambda Literary Award, 1991

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