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The Cassowary's Revenge: The Life and Death of Masculinity in a New Guinea Society by Donald Tuzin

The Cassowary's Revenge: The Life and Death of Masculinity in a New Guinea Society

Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender, and Culture

Donald Tuzin

270 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

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No Place Like Home: Relationships and Family Life among Lesbians and Gay Men by Christopher Carrington

No Place Like Home: Relationships and Family Life among Lesbians and Gay Men

Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender, and Culture

Christopher Carrington

285 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

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The Bedtrick: Tales of Sex and Masquerade by Wendy Doniger

The Bedtrick: Tales of Sex and Masquerade

Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender, and Culture

Wendy Doniger

576 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

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Sambia Sexual Culture: Essays from the Field by Gilbert Herdt

Sambia Sexual Culture: Essays from the Field

Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender, and Culture

Gilbert Herdt

335 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

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An Interpretation of Desire: Essays in the Study of Sexuality by John Gagnon

An Interpretation of Desire: Essays in the Study of Sexuality

Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender, and Culture

John Gagnon

336 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

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With Respect to Sex: Negotiating Hijra Identity in South India by Gayatri Reddy

With Respect to Sex: Negotiating Hijra Identity in South India

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Gayatri Reddy

312 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

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Temporarily Yours: Intimacy, Authenticity, and the Commerce of Sex by Elizabeth Bernstein

Temporarily Yours: Intimacy, Authenticity, and the Commerce of Sex

Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender, and Culture

Elizabeth Bernstein

288 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

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Beyond Carnival: Male Homosexuality in Twentieth-Century Brazil by James N. Green

Beyond Carnival: Male Homosexuality in Twentieth-Century Brazil

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James N. Green

416 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

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The Comfort Women: Sexual Violence and Postcolonial Memory in Korea and Japan by C. Sarah Soh

The Comfort Women: Sexual Violence and Postcolonial Memory in Korea and Japan

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C. Sarah Soh

384 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

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Mema's House, Mexico City: On Transvestites, Queens, and Machos by Annick Prieur

Mema's House, Mexico City: On Transvestites, Queens, and Machos

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Annick Prieur

310 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

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