sexuality, islam and queer selves
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Davies, Sharyn Graham
- Publish Year
- 2011
- Shelfmark
- ZO AZ 3 2011 - B
- Thesaurus
- travestie, transgenders, LHBT, seksualiteit, islam, riten, sjamanen, festivals, mode, sociale klasse, dagelijks leven, huwelijken, Indonesië
- Description
- Same-sex relations, transvestism and cross-gender behaviour have long been noted amongst a wide range of Indonesian peoples. This book explores the nature of gender diversity in Indonesia and examines Islam in this context. It discusses in particular calalai, female-born individuals who identify as neither woman nor man: calabai, male-born individuals who also identify as neither man nor woman: and bissu, an order of shamans who embody female and male elements. The book examines the lives and roles of these variously gendered subjectivities in everyday life, including in low-status and high-status ritual such as wedding ceremonies, fashion parades, cultural festivals, Islamic recitations and shamanistic rituals