Navigating identity, ethnicity and politics a case study of gender variance in the Central Highlands of Vietnam

Title:	Navigating identity, ethnicity and politics a case study of gender variance in the Central Highlands of Vietnam
Authors:	Nguyen, H.T.
Keywords:	Bahnar;ethnicity;Gender nonconformity;masculinity;politics;Vietnam
Issue Date:	2016
Publisher:	Routledge
Citation:	Scopus
Abstract:	Based on ethnographic data collected among the Bahnar ethnic group in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, I discuss the lived experiences of masculine performing people (assigned female at birth) whose gender characteristics blur the boundaries between lesbian and transgender. In reviewing non-normative gender practices in supernatural rituals in Southeast Asia and in Vietnam I explore the links between these practices and present-day terminology and discourses relating to the complexities of gender and sexual diversity in the secular realm. I also discuss the disclosure experiences of these people, their vulnerability to social discrimination and draw attention to the nuances of contingent masculinities against the backdrop of the complex inter-ethnic relations in the Central Highlands.
Description:	NORMA Volume 11, Issue 4, 1 October 2016, Pages 255-269
URI:	http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/18902138.2016.1259845?journalCode=rnor20 http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/33182
ISSN:	18902138
Appears in Collections:	Bài báo của ĐHQGHN trong Scopus