{"product_id":"the-spirit-and-the-flesh-sexual-diversity-in-american-indian-culture","title":"The Spirit and the Flesh: Sexual Diversity in American Indian Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the: Gay Book of the Year Award  American Library Association; Ruth Benedict Award  Society of Lesbian and Gay Anthropologists; Award for Outstanding Scholarship  World Congress for Sexology  Authors note: Shortly after the second revised edition this book was published in 1992  the term \"Two-Spirit Person\" became more popular among native people than the older anthropological term \"berdache.\" When I learned of this new term  I began strongly supporting the use of this newer term. I believe that people should be able to call themselves whatever they wish  and scholars should respect and acknowledge their change of terminology. I went on record early on in convincing other anthropologists to shift away from use of the word berdache and in favor of using Two-Spirit. Nevertheless  because this book continues to be sold with the use of berdache  many people have assumed that I am resisting the newer term. Nothing could be further from the truth. Unless continued sales of this book will justify the publication of a third revised edition in the future  it is not possible to rewrite what is already printed  Therefore  I urge readers of this book  as well as activists who are working to gain more respect for gender variance  mentally to substitute the term \"Two-Spirit\" in the place of \"berdache\" when reading this text. -- Walter L. Williams  Los Angeles  2006\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946007588917,"sku":"ByrdShop_0807046027","price":29.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780807046029.jpg?v=1769918865","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-spirit-and-the-flesh-sexual-diversity-in-american-indian-culture","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}