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Summary:

"This book challenges Mexican narratives of the patriarchal gender binary by looking at the Muxes, a gender fluid indigenous group readily accepted by their community"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: 1. Las Intrepidas and the Great Muxe Vela
• 2. Sex, Sexuality, and Power
• 3. Doing Gender in Juchitan
• 4. Blessing from God?: Muxe Narratives
• 5. Community Acceptance
• 6. Two-Spirit Muxe Zapotec Identity
• 7. Behind the Mask: Unraveling Sex and Gender.

Author/Creator:

Mirandé, Alfredo , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Behind the mask: gender hybridity in a Zapotec community [by Mirandé, A.]

Subjects:

Zapotec Indians — Mexico — Juchitán de Zaragoza

Two-spirit people — Mexico — Juchitán de Zaragoza

Gender identity

Sex role

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-257) and index.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Call Numbers:

F1221.Z3 M57 2017eb

ISBNs:

9780816536252 (electronic bk.)
0816536252 (electronic bk.)
9780816535446 (cloth, alk. paper) [Invalid]
0816535442 (cloth, alk. paper) [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

969446367

Other Control Numbers:

EBC4787533 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp13277261