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ISBN | 9789888083381 |
Format | PaperBack |
Language | English |
Year of Publication | 2011 |
Bib. Info | 272 p.; 6x9 |
Categories | Cultural Studies, Gender Studies / Other Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Pacific |
Product Weight | 488 gms. |
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Falling into the Lesbi World offers a compelling view of sexual and gender difference through the everyday lives of tombois and their girlfriends (“femmes”) in the city of Padang, West Sumatra. Tombois are masculine females who identify as men and desire women; their girlfriends view themselves as normal women who desire men. Through rich, in-depth, and provocative stories, author Evelyn Blackwood shows how these same-sex Indonesian couples negotiate transgressive identities and desires and how their experiences speak to the struggles and desires of sexual and gender minorities everywhere.