TY - CHAP
T1 - Thinking of gender in a holistic sense
T2 - understandings of gender in Sulawesi, Indonesia
AU - Graham Davies, Sharyn
PY - 2006/5/23
Y1 - 2006/5/23
N2 - Based on eighteen-months of fieldwork in Sulawesi, Indonesia, this paper advances two arguments concerning gender. First, it contends that gender is a concept of great significance in Sulawesi. Unlike some observers who have undervalued the centrality of gender in the region by asserting that factors such as social status are more salient in daily life than gender, this paper argues that gender actually underscores other factors such as status considerations. The second argument the paper advances is that gender in Sulawesi is a holist concept resulting from various compositions of biology, subjectivity, sexuality, performativity, and ideology. A multitude of amalgamations are possible and so gendered identities transcend binary constructions. As such, Sulawesi acknowledges a variety of gendered identities. Using ethnographic data to examine how these various aspects contribute to an individual's gender identity, this paper reveals the importance of gender in Sulawesi, and introduces a holistic way of thinking of gender.
AB - Based on eighteen-months of fieldwork in Sulawesi, Indonesia, this paper advances two arguments concerning gender. First, it contends that gender is a concept of great significance in Sulawesi. Unlike some observers who have undervalued the centrality of gender in the region by asserting that factors such as social status are more salient in daily life than gender, this paper argues that gender actually underscores other factors such as status considerations. The second argument the paper advances is that gender in Sulawesi is a holist concept resulting from various compositions of biology, subjectivity, sexuality, performativity, and ideology. A multitude of amalgamations are possible and so gendered identities transcend binary constructions. As such, Sulawesi acknowledges a variety of gendered identities. Using ethnographic data to examine how these various aspects contribute to an individual's gender identity, this paper reveals the importance of gender in Sulawesi, and introduces a holistic way of thinking of gender.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33646688245&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S1529-2126(06)10001-6
DO - 10.1016/S1529-2126(06)10001-6
M3 - Chapter (Book)
AN - SCOPUS:33646688245
SN - 0762313129
SN - 9780762313129
T3 - Advances in Gender Research
SP - 1
EP - 24
BT - Gender and the Local-Global Nexus
A2 - Demos, Vasilikie
A2 - Segal, Marcia
PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
ER -