Fa‘atama: Indigenous Tomboys of Sāmoa

This paper acknowledges that queerness has always existed in the tropics, especially in Sāmoa. In traditional Sāmoan life, there has always been more than two genders. While much attention has been given to fa‘afafine, we seek to raise the visibility of another queer group, fa’atama (formally fa‘at...

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Main Authors: Mandy Treagus, Dion Enari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: James Cook University 2024-10-01
Series:eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics
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Online Access:https://journals.jcu.edu.au/index.php/etropic/article/view/4065
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