Ritualized homosexuality in Melanesia

This book contains the work of seven leading anthropologists on the subject of ritualized homosexuality, and it marks the first time that anthropologists have systematically studied cross-cultural variations in homosexual behavior in a non-Western culture area. The book as a whole indicates that con...

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Other Authors: Herdt, Gilbert H., 1949-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : University of California Press, 1984
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505 0 |a Intro -- Contents -- Editor's Preface -- 1.Ritualized Homosexual Behavior in the Male Cults of Melanesia, 1862-1983: An Introduction -- 2. Ritualized Homosexuality, Male Power, and Political Organization in North Vanuatu: A Comparative Analysis -- 3. The Dialectics of Sex in Marind-anim Culture -- 4. Semen Transactions in Sambia Culture -- 5. The Nama Cult Recalled -- 6. Male Couples in New Guinea -- 7. The Ritual Meaning of Homosexuality and Pedophilia among the Kimam-Papuans of South Irian Jaya -- 8. Growth and Decay: Bedamini Notions of Sexuality 
505 8 |a 9. Variations on a Sociosexual Theme in Melanesia -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index 
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