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Author Herdt, Gilbert H., 1949-

Title Secrecy and cultural reality : utopian ideologies of the New Guinea men's house / Gilbert Herdt
Published Ann Arbor : University of Michigan, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 269 pages) : maps
Series Book collections on Project MUSE
Contents Lewis Henry Morgan and Victorian secret societies -- Why secrecy? -- Secrecy among the Sambia, 1974-1976 -- Paradox of the men's house -- Colonialism and the dissolution of secret reality
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-261) and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Sambia (Papua New Guinean people) -- Rites and ceremonies
Sambia (Papua New Guinean people) -- Sexual behavior
Secret societies -- Papua New Guinea
Initiation rites -- Papua New Guinea
Sex customs -- Papua New Guinea
Male homosexuality -- Papua New Guinea
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Initiation rites
Male homosexuality
Manners and customs
Sambia (Papua New Guinean people) -- Rites and ceremonies
Sambia (Papua New Guinean people) -- Sexual behavior
Secret societies
Sex customs
Sambia (volk)
Geheime riten.
Initiatie.
Homoseksualiteit.
SUBJECT Papua New Guinea -- Social life and customs
Subject Papua New Guinea
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2003001358
ISBN 9780472026258
0472026259
1282594036
9781282594036
9786612594038
6612594039