Two-spirit people
From Library of Congress Subject Headings
Two-spirit people
- Here are entered works on North American Indians, especially men, who assume the dress, role, and status of the opposite sex.
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95004103
- info:lc/authorities/sh95004103
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh95004103#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Bardashes
- Berdaches
- Indian men-women
- Two-spirits (Indians of North America)
Broader Terms
Related Terms
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Earlier Established Forms
- Berdaches
Sources
- found: Work cat.: 95019964: Trexler, R.C. Sex and conquest, 1995.
- found: American Heritage dict. (two-spirit: a person, especially a Native American man, who assumes the sexual identity and is granted the social status of the opposite sex. Usage note under berdache: Due to the derogatory implications implicit in the etymology of berdache, contemporary Native Americans have suggested that its scholarly use be discontinued. Among the alternatives in current use, the most widely employed is two-spirit.)
- found: LC database, June 26, 2006 (two-spirit people)
- found: Google search, June 26, 2006 (two-spirit people)
- found: Steward handbk. So. Am. Ind.: v. 1, p. 324, v. 4, p. 531.
- found: Web. 3 (Berdache (Bardash))
- found: Pueblo man-woman potters and the pottery made by the Laguna man-woman, Arroh-a-och, c2005: p. 72 (men-women; men who chose to dress and live as women)
- found: Roscoe, Will. The Zuni man-woman, 1991.
General Notes
- Here are entered works on North American Indians, especially men, who assume the dress, role, and status of the opposite sex.
Change Notes
- 2006-06-26: new
- 2009-12-10: revised
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