Coming to terms with Navajo nádleehí: A critique of berdache, "gay," "alternate gender," and "two-spirit"

American Ethnologist

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 267-290

  Epple, Carolyn ^a  

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EID: 0032258314     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ae.1998.25.2.267     Document Type: Article

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