Third Sex, Third Gender: Beyond Sexual Dimorphism in Culture and History | 
 enlarge | Creator: Gilbert Herdt
Publisher: Zone Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 262199
Media: Paperback
Edition: Reprint
Pages: 614
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.1 x 1.7
ISBN: 0942299825
Dewey Decimal Number: 305.3
EAN: 9780942299823
ASIN: 0942299825
Publication Date: June 6, 1996
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 Fantastic July 27, 2003
Gil Herdt is one person who can certainly be trusted to compile a stellar collection of articles about third sexes/genders in a historical and cross-cultural context. It includes a chapter about the Hijras of India by Serena Nanda, along with many photographs. This book rounds out any homosexuality study you may be doing. It is very well done. I enjoyed reading the articles that I did.
 What does third sex really mean ? April 13, 2000
SEBASTIANVS (TOKYO Japan)
It is very interesting to read this kind of book, especially about eunuchs in Byzantion. However I think it is easier to compile such an omnibus-styled collective volume. I prefer monographic coherent book written by one author , e.g. John Boswell's " Christianity, Social Tolerance and Homosexuality " et "Same-Sex Union " , Eva Cantarella's "La bisessualita nel mondo antico" , Bernard Sergent's "L'homosexualite dans la mythologie grecque" or so. This book contains various "Third Sex" like stereotyped berdaches in America, hijuras in India, transvestists in Europe etc.---- Each article is interesting of course. Although in Japan our ancestors never introduced eunuch-system from China , we have many books exclusively concentrated on eunuchus.So I'd like to read special works focused on Greco-Roman & Byzantine eunuchs. If somebody knows these kinds of subject series,please kindly tell me the titles.
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