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Playing back the Nation: Waria, Indonesian Transvestites

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dc.contributor.authorBoellstorff, Tom
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-13T23:08:57Z
dc.date.available2015-12-13T23:08:57Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.date.updated2015-12-12T08:16:50Z
dc.description.abstractWaria (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
dc.identifier.issn0886-7356
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/86799
dc.publisherUniversity of California Press
dc.sourceCultural Anthropology
dc.subjectKeywords: Authenticity; Indonesia; National culture; Transgender; Transvestite
dc.titlePlaying back the Nation: Waria, Indonesian Transvestites
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue2
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage195
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage159
local.contributor.affiliationBoellstorff, Tom, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU
local.contributor.authoruidBoellstorff, Tom, u4033561
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.description.refereedYes
local.identifier.absfor160104 - Social and Cultural Anthropology
local.identifier.ariespublicationMigratedxPub15803
local.identifier.citationvolume19
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-2942514449
local.type.statusPublished Version

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