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Playing back the Nation: Waria, Indonesian Transvestites

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2004

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Boellstorff, Tom

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University of California Press

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Waria (better known as banci or béncong), who can be provisionally defined as male-to-female transvestites, are well-known members of contemporary Indonesian society. Waria are best understood not as a third gender but a male femininity. By exploring how

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Keywords: Authenticity; Indonesia; National culture; Transgender; Transvestite

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/86799

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ANU Research Publications

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Cultural Anthropology

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