The Sambia Ritual, Sexuality, and Change in Papua New Guinea
ISBN: 9780534643836 | 0534643833
Edition: 2ndFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Pub. Date: 12/15/2005
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This cultural and psychological study of gender identity and sexual development in a New Guinea Highlands society includes rich material on initiation rites and socialization studies, and contrasts the Sambia with other societies, including the United States. For example, Sambia boys experience ritualized homosexuality before puberty and continue this practice until marriage, after which homosexual activity is prohibited. The implications are developed cross-culturally and contextualized in gender literature. This new edition contains updated i... MORE
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| Preface | xi | ||||
| Introduction | xv | ||||
| Chapter 1 The Mountain Setting | 1 | (20) | |||
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| Chapter 3 Sambia Social Individuals | 42 | (13) | |||
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| Chapter 5 The Magical Age of 10, or Why Sambia Initiate Boys So Young | 123 | (14) | |||
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| Chapter 6 Sex/Gender, Power, and Social Inequality | 137 | (17) | |||
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| Chapter 7 Sexuality and Revolutionary Change | 154 | (13) | |||
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| Glossary | 167 | (2) | |||
| Bibliography | 169 | (5) | |||
| Index | 174 |
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