Description
Samoan Queer Lives delves into the unique lives of Samoan people who are 'fa afafine' - broadly understood in the Western interpretation as persons who are of transgender, intersexed and third sex, or gay, lesbian and bisexual origin.
This book, the first of its kind, is edited and written by fa afafine. Here fa afafine share their stories in their own words.
- Twenty autobiographical stories.
- Includes personal accounts that cross lines of gender and culture, and span generations, professions and geography.
- Each chapter in the book is accompanied by a portrait.
- The stories are by turns angry, humorous, intimate and raw.
- Introduction by Dan Taulapapa McMullin and Foreword by Yuki Kihara.
Author: Yuki Kihara, Dan Taulapapa McMullin
Publisher: Little Island Press
Published: 09/28/2018
Pages: 204
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d
ISBN13: 9781877484094
ISBN10: 1877484091
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | LGBT
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