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Playing Back the Nation: Waria, Indonesian Transvestites
Article first published online: 7 JAN 2008
DOI: 10.1525/can.2004.19.2.159
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Boellstorff, T. (2004), Playing Back the Nation: Waria, Indonesian Transvestites. Cultural Anthropology, 19: 159–195. doi: 10.1525/can.2004.19.2.159
Publication History
- Issue published online: 7 JAN 2008
- Article first published online: 7 JAN 2008
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Keywords:
- Indonesia;
- transgender;
- transvestite;
- national culture;
- authenticity
ABSTRACT Waria (better known as banci or béncong), who can be provisionally defined as male-to-female transvestites, are wellknown members of contemporary Indonesian society. Waria are best understood not as a third gender but a male femininity. By exploring how waria reconfigure concepts of authenticity, I address the relationship between the waria subject position and Indonesian national culture.