Abstracts of the Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology
Online ISSN : 2189-7964
ISSN-L : 2189-7964
The 43rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology
Session ID : C-22
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Terms for Gender and Sexual Minorities: Mahu and Raerae
Comparative Study of Tahiti and Bora Bora
Makiko Kuwahara
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Keywords: Tahiti, transgender, transsexuality
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In this presentation I examine mahu and raerae, transgender and transsexuality in French Polynesia. I argue that more people in Tahiti than those in Bora Bora distinguish mahu from raerae by explaining mahu as traditional and natural and raerae as modern and artificial because raerae in Tahiti stand out as prostitute while raerae in Bora Bora are more integrated into the society.
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