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Title	Vol. 17 No. 2 Pacific Studies
Edition	Electronic reproduction;
Publisher Original	Brigham Young University--Hawaii Campus
Date Original	1994-06
Publisher Digital	Brigham Young University--Hawaii Campus
Date Digital	2003-06
Subject	Pacific Area--Periodicals Oceania--Periodicals
Genre	Periodicals
Citation	Pacific Studies, Vol. 17 No. 2 (June 1994)
Language	English; eng; en
Collection	Pacific Studies Scholarly Periodicals
Owning Institution	Brigham Young University
Patron Usage Instructions	http://www.lib.byu.edu/generic_copyright.html
System Requirements	Internet Connectivity. Worldwide Web Browser. Adobe Acrobat reader
Type	Text
Format	text/pdf
Identifier	Vol. 17 No. 2 Pacific Studies

Title	Effeminate Males and Changes in the Construction of Gender in Tonga
Author	James, Kerry E.
Edition	Electronic reproduction;
Publisher Original	Brigham Young University--Hawaii Campus
Date Original	1994-06
Publisher Digital	Brigham Young University--Hawaii Campus
Date Digital	2000-07-21
Abstract	The earlier term tangata fakafefine, "a man behaving like a woman" denoted those males who preferred women’s work. The modern term fakaleiti, derived from the English "lady" now refers to a much wider range of behavior, including homosexuality, Western-style transvestism, and drag queen beauty contests and cabarets. Contact with Western sexual mores and culture partly account for increasing numbers of fakaleiti in towns. More significant, perhaps, are the difficulties of constructing a viable identity as a Tongan man today, in contrast to the continuities of Tongan womanhood, which might encourage effeminate boys to accentuate their feminine characteristics and gain, thereby, a social identity and the protection of older women against the hostility shown towards male effeminates by masculine men in Tonga.
Physical Description	31 p.
Subject	Tonga Sex Sex role Sex differences
Genre	Articles
Citation	Pacific Studies, Vol. 17 No. 2 (June 1994) p.36-69
Language	English; eng; en
Collection	Pacific Studies Scholarly Periodicals
Owning Institution	Brigham Young University
Patron Usage Instructions	http://www.lib.byu.edu/generic_copyright.html
Copyright Status/Owner	Copyright BYU Hawaii, 1994
System Requirements	Internet Connectivity. Worldwide Web Browser. Adobe Acrobat reader
Type	Text
Format	text/pdf
Identifier	PSCV17N2A03

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