Vincent, B and Manzano, A orcid.org/0000-0001-6277-3752 (2017) History and cultural diversity. In: Richards, C, Bouman, WP and Barker, M-J, (eds.) Genderqueer and Non-Binary Genders. Critical and Applied Approaches in Sexuality, Gender and Identity . Palgrave Macmillan , London , pp. 11-30. ISBN 978-1-137-51052-5
Abstract
This chapter will discuss different ways gender has been understood historically, and across different cultures. Historical data is reviewed using the case study approach. Identity categories are analysed, illustrating how relatively recently gender was not commonly or instinctively binarised. Pre-dating contemporary language, variation in gender expression (sometimes related to sexuality) is explored through examples of English Mollies, Italian Femminielli, Roman eunuchs, and Albanian Sworn Virgins, who were all positioned as “other” from men and women, without necessarily being marginalised. The chapter will also explore the range of North American two-spirit people, the Buginese people of Indonesia who have a five-gender system, and other examples including the South American Machi and Indian Hijra.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2017, The Author(s). This extract is taken from the author's original manuscript and has not been edited. The definitive, published, version of record is available here: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-51053-2_2 |
Keywords: | non-binary gender; transgender; transgender history; transgender culture; body; gender; gender identity; identity; sexuality |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Sociology and Social Policy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 15 Jan 2018 17:33 |
Last Modified: | 16 Dec 2020 01:38 |
Published Version: | https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/978-1-137-5... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan |
Series Name: | Critical and Applied Approaches in Sexuality, Gender and Identity |
Identification Number: | 10.1057/978-1-137-51053-2_2 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:126220 |