Evelyn Blackwood is assistant professor of anthropology and women's studies at Purdue University. She is the editor of The Many Faces of Homosexuality: Anthropological Approaches to Homosexual Behavior.

• Contents PrefaceForeword Breaking the Mirror: The Construction of Lesbianism and the Anthropological Discourse on Homosexuality Age, Structure, and Sexuality: Reflections on the Anthropological Evidence on Homosexual Relations The Hijras of India: Cultural and Individual Dimensions of an Institutionalized Third Gender Role Growing Yams and Men: An Interpretation of Kimam Male Ritualized Homosexual Behavior Sisters and Brothers, Lovers and Enemies: Marriage Resistance in Southern Kwangtung The Lesbian Community: An Anthropological Approach “Mummies and Babies” and Friends and Lovers in Lesotho Mexican Male Homosexual Interaction in Public Contexts Male Homosexuality and Spirit Possession in Brazil Masculinity, Femininity, and Homosexuality: On the Anthropological Interpretation of Sexual Meanings in Brazil Men and Not-Men: Male Gender-Mixing Statuses and Homosexuality Why Was the Berdache Ridiculed? Persistence and Change in the Berdache Tradition Among Contemporary Lakota Indians