Ancestors of two-spirits
Historical depictions of Native North American gender-crossing women through critical discourse analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12458604 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anita Hemmilä (Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 408-426 |
| Publication date | 2016-06-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Lesbian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1089-4160 • E-ISSN: 1540-3548 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10894160.2016.1151281 |
| PMID | 27254764 |
| OpenAlex | W2417888429 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 21 |
Letters written by Christian men of European origin during the sixteenth-nineteenth centuries contain brief descriptions of gender-crossing individuals among indigenous Americans. Although now considered ethnocentrically biased because of the etic positioning of their authors, these historical sources are invaluable because they offer a glimpse of the ancestors of modern-day two-spirits. An application of critical discourse analysis to three depictions of gender-crossing females from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries demonstrates that such women were favorably portrayed. These results differ dramatically from those obtained from my similar analysis of depictions of gender-crossing males. It also became evident that the three descriptions of gender-crossing women were not based on actual observations, but only on hearsay, which makes their use as primary sources questionable
Archaeology · Border crossing · Emic and etic · Genealogy · Hearsay · Homosexuality · Indigenous · Political science · Sociology · Sodomy · Anthropology · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Gender Studies · History · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Law · Rhetoric and Communication Studies
Sex and conquest
Two-Spirit People
Travels through that part of North America formerly called Louisiana
Critical discourse analysis
Multidisciplinary Cda
Language topics
Methods of Critical Discourse Analysis
Critical Discourse Analysis
Principles of Critical Discourse Analysis
Discourse Semantics and Ideology
Sketches of a Tour to the Lakes, of the Character and Customs of the Chippeway Indians, and of Incidents Connected with the Treaty of Fond du Lac
Native American Two‐Spirits
The North American Berdache [and Comments and Reply]
Men as Women, Women as Men
Bibliography of Berdache and Alternative Gender Roles Among North American Indians
Father Peter John De Smet
Sexuality and Gender in Certain Native American Tribes
The Kutenai Female Berdache
Manly-hearted Women Among the North Piegan
A Wheel-shaped Stone Monument in Wyoming
The Amerindian 'Man-Woman
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |