Zuni man-woman
The Zuni man-woman
Will Roscoe
- Albuquerque, NM University of New Mexico Press 1991
- xxi, 302 p.
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
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Zuni Indians --Social life and customs Zuni Indians --Sexual behavior Sex role