Navigating Identity, Ethnicity, and Politics: A Case Study of Gender Variance in the Central Highlands of Vietnam
(2016) In NORMA: International Journal for Masculinity Studies 11(4). p.255-269- Abstract
- Based on ethnographic data collected among the Bahnar ethnic
group in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, I discuss the lived
experiences of masculine performing people (assigned female at
birth) whose gender characteristics blur the boundaries between
lesbian and transgender. In reviewing non-normative gender
practices in supernatural rituals in Southeast Asia and in Vietnam I
explore the links between these practices and present-day
terminology and discourses relating to the complexities of gender
and sexual diversity in the secular realm. I also discuss the
disclosure experiences of these people, their vulnerability to social
discrimination and draw attention to the nuances of... (More) - Based on ethnographic data collected among the Bahnar ethnic
group in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, I discuss the lived
experiences of masculine performing people (assigned female at
birth) whose gender characteristics blur the boundaries between
lesbian and transgender. In reviewing non-normative gender
practices in supernatural rituals in Southeast Asia and in Vietnam I
explore the links between these practices and present-day
terminology and discourses relating to the complexities of gender
and sexual diversity in the secular realm. I also discuss the
disclosure experiences of these people, their vulnerability to social
discrimination and draw attention to the nuances of contingent
masculinities against the backdrop of the complex inter-ethnic
relations in the Central Highlands. (Less)
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- Nguyen, Huong LU
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- 2016-11-29
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- keywords
- gender nonconformity, masculinity, politics, ethnicity, Bahnar
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- NORMA: International Journal for Masculinity Studies
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- 11
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- 4
- pages
- 255 - 269
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- Taylor & Francis
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- scopus:85015107226
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- 1890-2138
- DOI
- 10.1080/18902138.2016.1259845
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- English
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abstract = {{Based on ethnographic data collected among the Bahnar ethnic<br/>group in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, I discuss the lived<br/>experiences of masculine performing people (assigned female at<br/>birth) whose gender characteristics blur the boundaries between<br/>lesbian and transgender. In reviewing non-normative gender<br/>practices in supernatural rituals in Southeast Asia and in Vietnam I<br/>explore the links between these practices and present-day<br/>terminology and discourses relating to the complexities of gender<br/>and sexual diversity in the secular realm. I also discuss the<br/>disclosure experiences of these people, their vulnerability to social<br/>discrimination and draw attention to the nuances of contingent<br/>masculinities against the backdrop of the complex inter-ethnic<br/>relations in the Central Highlands.}},
author = {{Nguyen, Huong}},
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keywords = {{gender nonconformity; masculinity; politics; ethnicity; Bahnar}},
language = {{eng}},
month = {{11}},
number = {{4}},
pages = {{255--269}},
publisher = {{Taylor & Francis}},
series = {{NORMA: International Journal for Masculinity Studies}},
title = {{Navigating Identity, Ethnicity, and Politics: A Case Study of Gender Variance in the Central Highlands of Vietnam}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/18902138.2016.1259845}},
doi = {{10.1080/18902138.2016.1259845}},
volume = {{11}},
year = {{2016}},
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