| Description |
xvii, 409 pages : maps ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Studies in Melanesian anthropology ; 2
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| Contents |
Ritualized Homosexual Behavior in the Male Cults of Melanesia, 1862-1983: An Introduction / Gilbert H. Herdt -- Homosexuality, Male Power, and Political Organization in North Vanuatu: A Comparative Analysis / Michael R. Allen -- The Dialectics of Sex in Marind-anim Culture / J. Van Baal -- Semen Transactions in Sambia Culture / Gilbert H. Herdt -- The Nama Cult Recalled / Kenneth E. Read -- Male Couples in New Guinea / Eric Schwimmer -- The Ritual Meaning of Homosexuality and Pedophilia among the Kimam-Papuans of South Irian Jaya / Laurent Serpenti -- Growth and Decay: Bedamini Notions of Sexuality / Arve Sorum -- Variations on a Sociosexual Theme in Melanesia / Shirley Lindenbaum |
| Summary |
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 contemporary theories of sex and gender development need revision in light of the Melanesian findings |
| Analysis |
Homosexuality |
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Melanesia |
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Melanesia Male homosexuality |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 362-389 |
| Subject |
Male homosexuality -- Melanesia.
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Melanesians -- Rites and ceremonies.
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Melanesians -- Social life and customs.
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Sex customs -- Melanesia.
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Homosexuality.
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Sexual Behavior.
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| SUBJECT |
Melanesia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008542 |
| Author |
Herdt, Gilbert H., 1949-
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| LC no. |
83018015 |
| ISBN |
0520050371 |
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0520080963 (paperback) |
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