David Bedell, University of Bridgeport <bedell@cse.bridgeport.edu>
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ENGLISH-LANGUAGE BOOKS AND FILMS ON INDIGENOUS GAY/LESBIAN/BISEXUAL TOPICS
Revised 11/05/94.
Compiled by David Bedell, University of Bridgeport <bedell@cse.bridgeport.edu>
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CONTENTS OF THIS DOCUMENT:
Native American
New Guinea
Other Indigenous Cultures
NATIVE AMERICAN:
Brant, Beth (Degonwadanti). Mohawk Trail. Ithaca, NY: Firebrand Books, 1985.
Autobiographical and other vignettes by a Canadian Mohawk lesbian.
Brant, Beth (Degonwadanti). Food and Spirits. Ithaca, NY: Firebrand Books,
1991. Stories by a Canadian Mohawk lesbian.
Ebensten, Hanns. Volleyball with the Cuna Indians and Other Gay Travel
Adventures. New York: Viking, 1993.
Hidalgo-de la Riva, Osa, producer, director, writer, & animator. Mujeria:
Primitive and Proud. California: Royal Eagle Bear Productions, 1992. A
20-minute videorecording presenting a historical survey of Olmec women and the
significant role of lesbianism then and now.
Hidalgo-de la Riva, Osa. Two Spirits: Native Lesbians and Gays. Santa Cruz,
CA: Presentations Unit, Media Services, University Library, University of
California, Santa Cruz, 1992-3. A 30-minute videorecording examining the
present status of and attitudes toward Native American lesbians and gays.
Minnesota American Indian AIDS Task Force. Honored by the Moon. New York:
Women Make Movies, 1990. Videorecording presenting the historical role of
gays and lesbians in traditional Indian culture; they were considered to have
special powers as "connectors" between the two worlds of male and female.
Newcomb, Franc Johnson. Hosteen Klah: Navaho Medicine Man and Sand Painter.
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1964. Portrait of a 20th-century
Navajo berdache.
Roscoe, Will, ed. Living the Spirit: A Gay American Indian Anthology. New
York: St. Martin's Press, 1988. Historical information, personal accounts,
and fiction; this anthology shows the rich heritage and complex present of gay
American Indians.
Roscoe, Will. The Zuni Man-Woman. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico
Press, 1991. Includes account of We'wha, a 19th-century Zuni berdache.
Spanbauer, Tom. The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon: A Novel. New York:
Harper Collins Publishers, 1992.
Williams, Walter L. The Spirit and the Flesh: Sexual Diversity in American
Indian Culture. Boston: Beacon Press, l986.
NEW GUINEA:
Herdt, Gilbert H. Guardians of the Flutes: Idioms of Masculinity. New York:
Columbia University Press, 1987. About the Sambia people of Papua New Guinea.
Herdt, Gilbert H. The Sambia: Ritual and Gender in New Guinea. New York:
Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1987.
Schneebaum, Tobias. Where the Spirits Dwell: An Odyssey in the New Guinea
Jungle. New York: Grove Press, 1988. About the Asmat people of Irian Jaya.
OTHER INDIGENOUS CULTURES:
Herdt, Gilbert S., ed. Ritualized Homosexuality in Melanesia. Berkeley, CA:
University of California Press, 1984.
Murray, Stephen O., ed. Oceanic Homosexualities. New York: Garland
Publishing, 1992. Includes studies ranging from Madagascar to Australasia:
Filipino callboys, Siberian shamans, ancient samurais and contemporary
lesbians of Japan, and aristocratic Aikane traditions of Hawaii.
Te Awekotuku, Ngahuia. Mana Wahine Maori: Selected Writings on Maori Women's
Art, Culture, and Politics. Auckland, New Zealand: New Women's Press, 1991.
Author is a Maori lesbian.
Te Awekotuku, Ngahuia. Tahuri: Short Stories. Auckland, New Zealand: New
Women's Press, 1989. Stories by a Maori lesbian.