Men trapped in women's clothing : homosexuality, cross-dressing, and masculinity in Fiji

This chapter explores the processes of gendered self-identification among non-heteronormative ethnic Fijian men in contemporary Fiji. Although these men perform masculinity in diverse ways, they all display an ambiguous relationship to Fijian traditional notions of gender and masculinity as normative concepts. This highlights the often complex relationship between individuals' experience of gendered identities and culturally specific, dominant notions of gender.