Asegi stories : Cherokee queer and two-spirit memory /

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"The book focuses on the concept of asegi stories--stories that revise and revive Cherokee cultural memories of same-sex relationships and non-binary gender systems. It is the first full-length work of scholarship to develop a tribally specific Indigenous queer/two-spirit critique, providing a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Driskill, Qwo-Li (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Gender identity.
Indian sexual minorities > Social conditions.
Sexual minorities > Identity.
Cherokee Indians > Sexual behavior.
Two-spirit people.
Gender Identity
Identité de genre.
Minorités sexuelles des Peuples autochtones > Conditions sociales.
Minorités sexuelles > Identité.
Cherokee > Sexualité.
Personne bispirituelles.
sex role.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gay Studies.
Gender identity
Sexual minorities
LGBTQ indigenous people.
Native American LGBTQ+ people
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Asegi stories : memories between the basket walls
  • chapter 1. Doubleweaving two-spirit critiques : building alliances between native and queer studies
  • chapter 2. The queer lady of Cofitachequi and other asegi routes
  • chapter 3. Unweaving the basket : missionaries, slavery, and the regulation of gender and sexuality
  • chapter 4. Beautiful as the red rainbow : Cherokee two-spirits rebeautifying erotic memory
  • Chapter 5. [Cherokee characters] (asegi ayetl) : Cherokee two-spirit people reimagining nation
  • Epilogue. Doubleweave : an asegi manifesto.

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