Migrating Genders: Westernisation, Migration, and Samoan Fa'afafine - Paperback

by Johanna Schmidt (Author)

Drawing on rich empirical material, this book tells of both the diversity and the uniqueness of fa'afafine identities, aspects which fa'afafine have maintained in the face of Westernization, migration, and cultural marginalization in both Samoa and New Zealand. As such, in addition to anthropologists, it will be of interest to geographers, sociolog

Author Biography

Johanna Schmidt is a honorary research fellow in the Department of Sociology at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.