Female Desires: Same-Sex Relations and Transgender Practices Across Cultures

Edited by Evelyn Blackwood and Saskia Wieringa

Paper, 352 pages, 6 photos
ISBN: 978-0-231-11261-1
$28.50 / £17.00

January, 1999
Cloth, 352 pages, 6 photos
ISBN: 978-0-231-11260-4
$83.50 / £49.00

"Fills a major gap in gender/sexuality studies by providing cross-cultural material on 'lesbian-like'relations outside of Europe and the United States. . . . An exciting book." — Patricia S. Lander, Brooklyn College, CUNY

"A landmark event in a number of different fields: lesbian and gay studies, women’s studies, postcolonial studies, and cultural studies. It addresses a significant silence in recent treatments of feminist movements and gender in developing countries, in that it focuses specifically on women’s alternative sexualities. . . . A significant contribution to the exciting and growing literature on international feminism and women’s political organizing." — Deborah P. Amory, SUNY Purchase

Related Subjects

• Gay and Lesbian Studies

Series

• Between Men~Between Women: Lesbian and Gay Studies

About the Author

Evelyn Blackwood is assistant professor of anthropology and women's studies at Purdue University. She is the editor of The Many Faces of Homosexuality: Anthropological Approaches to Homosexual Behavior. Saskia Wieringa is a senior lecturer in women's studies at the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague. She is the author of The Politicization of Gender Relations in Indonesia: Women's Organizations and the New Order, coauthor of Women, The Environment, and Sustainable Development: Toward a Theoretical Synthesis, and editor of several other books.

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