Polynesian Gender Liminality Through Time and Space, Niko Besnier's chapter in the 1994 edited volume Third Sex, Third Gender from Zone Books, is a standard academic treatment of mahu and related gender liminal roles across Polynesian societies. Its strength is that it is peer reviewed academic scholarship in a widely cited comparative volume on gender variance across cultures. Its limit is that it surveys multiple Polynesian societies together, so a claim about one specific island group's own mahu tradition should also be checked against sources focused on that community.
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AuthorNiko Besnier, in Third Sex, Third Gender: Beyond Sexual Dimorphism in Culture and History (ed. Gilbert Herdt)
PublisherZone Books
Publication Year1994
Source Typebook chapter
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Reliability Tier1
Reliability tier 1: peer reviewed academic scholarship in a widely cited comparative volume from an established scholarly press. NotesStandard academic treatment of mahu and related Polynesian gender liminal roles.
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- Cultures, 2 claims: 2 general references.
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