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• Title:The spirit and the flesh : sexual diversity in American Indian culture / Walter L. Williams.
  
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• Author/Creator:Williams, Walter L., 1948-
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Xwi7xwa Collection
  
• Published/Created:Boston : Beacon Press, ©1986.
  

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  • Location:XWI7XWA LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: PZ W55 S65 1986
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• FNHL (Xwi7xwa) Subjects:Indigenous Peoples--Two-Spirit people.
  Indigenous Peoples--Sex roles.
  
• Description:xi, 344 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
  
• Notes:Includes index.
  Bibliography: pages 317-333.
  
• Contents:Introduction
  pt. 1. The character of the berdache
  1. Of religions and dreams : the spiritual basis of the berdache tradition
  2. Sacred people : berdache mystical power and ceremonial roles
  3. Family matters : the economic and social position of the berdache
  4. Men, women, and others : the gender role of the berdache
  5. The spirit and the flesh : sexual aspects of the berdache tradition
  6. A normal man : the berdache's husband and the question of sexual variance
  pt. 2. Changes in the berdache tradition since the coming of the Europeans
  7. The abominable sin : the Spanish campaign against "sodomy," and its results in modern Latin America
  8. Seafarers, cowboys, and Indians : male marriage in fringe societies on the Anglo-American frontier
  9. Of bibles and bureaus : Indian acculturation and decline of the Berdache tradition
  10. Survival and pride : the berdache tradition and gay American Indians today
  pt. 3. Toward a theoretical understanding of gender and sexual variance
  11. Amazons of America : female gender variance
  12. Social constructions / essential characters : a cross-cultural viewpoint.