Falling Into the Lesbi World: Desire and Difference in Indonesia

by Evelyn Blackwood

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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. While likening themselves to heterosexual couples, tombois and femmes contest and blur dominant constructions of gender and heterosexuality. Tombois are masculine females who identify as men and desire women; their girlfriends view themselves as normal women...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0824834879

ISBN13:9780824834876

Release Date:September 2010

Publisher:University of Hawaii Press

Length:264 Pages

Weight:0.30 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Related Subjects

Cultural History Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics

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