Introduction, Gilbert Herdt; living in the shadows - eunuchs and gender in Byzantium, Kathryn M. Ringrose; London's Sapphists - from three sexes to four genders in the making of modern culture, Randolph Trumbach; sodomy and the pursuit of the third sex in early modern Europe, Theo van der Meer; woman becomes man in the Balkans, Rene Gremaux; a female soul in a male body - sexual inversion as gender inversion in nineteenth century sexology, Gert Hekman; the Hijras - an alternative sex and gender role in India, Serna Nanda; how to become a berdache - towards a unified analysis of gender diversity, Will Roscoe; the third sex among the Sambia, Gilbert Herdt; the Waria of Indonesia - a traditional third gender role, Robert Oostvogels; transcending and transgendering - male to female transsexuals in the United States, Anne Bolin; historical and cultural reconsideration of the Mahu third gender in Tahitia, Niko Besnier.
Gilbert Herdt is Professor of Human Development at the University of Chicago. He is the author, coauthor, or editor of a dozen books, including Ritualized Homosexuality in Melanesia, Gay and Lesbian Youth, and Intimate Communications.
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