Letter from a Reluctant Indian
Here the story is told in the first person of the muxe condition, something more than a third gender, in the Zapotec cultural tradition of the southeast of Mexico. It is the narrative of a decolonial process of the affirmation of diverse subjectivities, where the gender, ethnicity, and politics of t...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2019]
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| In: |
Concilium
Year: 2019, Issue: 5, Pages: 43-47 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Zapotec Indians
/ Intersexuality
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| IxTheo Classification: | KBR Latin America NBE Anthropology NCF Sexual ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Spirituality
B Ethnicity B ZAPOTEC (Mexican people) |
| Summary: | Here the story is told in the first person of the muxe condition, something more than a third gender, in the Zapotec cultural tradition of the southeast of Mexico. It is the narrative of a decolonial process of the affirmation of diverse subjectivities, where the gender, ethnicity, and politics of the emancipation of diasporic bodies intersect. Within this reflective testimony flows a spirituality of liberation, with powerful words and metaphors of being for and with other subjectivities in resistance, rebellion, and hope. |
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| ISSN: | 0010-5236 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Concilium
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