Migrating genders : westernisation, migration, and Samoan Fa'afafine /
Schmidt, Johanna.
Farnham ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate,
c2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- (Re)defining Fa'afafine: the discursive construction of Samoan trangenderism -- Ideals of gender: men, women and Fa'afafine in fa'asamoa -- Paradise lost? social change and Fa'afafine in Samoa -- "You hardly see any grown men doing that sort of thing over here": Fa'afafine migrants' initial experiences of Aotearoa/New Zealand -- Reconciling femininity with Palagi identities: gay Fa'afafine men and passing Fa'afafine women -- Maintaining ambiguity: (re)claiming Fa'afafine identities in Aotearoa/New zealand -- Conclusion.
Transgender people
Transgender people
Gender identity
Gender identity
Sex role
Sex role