'O Au No Keia: Voices from Hawai'i's Mahu and Transgender Communities (Hardcover)

by Andrew Matzner (Author)
Key Phrases: being mahu, being transgendered, younger queens, University of Hawaii, Lei Anuenue, Hawaii Transgendered Outreach (more...)

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Product Description
'O Au No Keia is a collection of spoken narratives by male-to-female transgendered people and mahu who live on the island of O'ahu. The powerfully moving stories in this book not only reveal the experiences of those who cross the boundaries of sex and gender, but also illuminate what it means to do so in the unique cultural context of Hawai'i. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author
Andrew Matzner is an independent researcher and writer. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 296 pages
• Publisher: Xlibris Corporation (August 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 073886160X
• ISBN-13: 978-0738861609
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 6.7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,712,356 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Real and Human Stories, September 1, 2002

By	John Dirgo (Hilo, HI United States) - See all my reviews

I recently had the opportunity to read "'O Au No Keia: Voice's From Hawaii's Mahu and Transgender Community". As someone with no transgender feelings, it was a glimpse into a part of our community that I knew very little about. Its a very real book, written by the transgendered people themselves. Mr. Matzner interviewed a number of transgendered people on O'ahu, edited what they had wrote and then gave them a chance to review, correct and add to what they had said. So rather than being a book about transgender people, its really a book by transgendered people.

Their stories were real and often touching. Their feelings and lives, while outwardly very different than what I've ever experienced, were so real and human that it would be almost impossible to not understand and feel for them. They openly share both the good and bad parts of the lives in an effort to get those of us outside the transgender community to see how their stories could be anyone's story. They succeed. Its not an cheap book (almost [$$$]) but its worth every penny if you want to better understand our friends in the trangender community.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a new side of hawai'i, July 29, 2007

By	Serena Nanda "bookworm" (new york, new york) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: O Au No Keia: Voices From Hawai'i's Mahu and Transgender Communities (Paperback)

in his empathic and diverse oral histories of some mahu and transgender individuals on Oahu, andrew matzner opens a window on hawai'i lesser known cultural features. of great interest to the academic community in gender studies, as well as non-specialists interested in Hawaiian culture.