http://www.metafilter.com/tags/berdache Posts tagged with 'berdache' at MetaFilter. Wed, 10 Mar 2004 15:36:57 -0800 Wed, 10 Mar 2004 15:36:57 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/31701/WeWha%2DThe%2DZuni%2DManWoman Poppin' Fresh from the newly launched <a href="http://queermeta.com/community/">QueerMeta</a> community weblog: <a href="http://www.santafe.com/history/The_Zuni_Man-Woman.html">We'Wha: The Zuni Man-Woman</a>. <i>How could a six-foot tall Indian man be mistaken for a "maiden" and a "princess"? This was no Pocahontas! Even more intriguing is the relationship between Stevenson and We'wha. According to one gossip, "she" regularly entered the ladies rooms and boudoirs of Washington. How could Stevenson not know that her intelligent Zuni informant was really, in the words of one gossip, a "bold, bad man"?</i> More about the 'berdaches' of the Zuni [ <a href="http://www.nu-woman.com/berdache.htm">1</a>, <a href="http://www.breakaway.org/openstudio/sylviawhite/bertrad.htm">2</a>, <a href="http://www.geocities.com/westhollywood/stonewall/3044/berdache.html">3</a>]. <small>Google cache of last (Geocities) link <a href="http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:mIFqIaI4FMYJ:www.geocities.com/westhollywood/stonewall/3044/berdache.html+What+are+Two-Spirits&hl=en&ie=UTF-8">here</a>.</small> tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.31701 Wed, 10 Mar 2004 15:36:57 -0800 AmericanIndian Americanwest anthropology berdache frontier gay gender hisotry indian indians NewMexico queer WashingtonDC Zuni taz