The Sambia Ritual, Sexuality, and Change in Papua New Guinea
by Herdt, GilbertEdition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-12-15
Publisher(s): Cengage Learning
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Summary
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.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | ix | ||||
| Preface | xi | ||||
| Introduction | xv | ||||
| Chapter 1 The Mountain Setting | 1 | (20) | |||
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| Chapter 2 Warfare and Cultural Life | 21 | (21) | |||
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| Chapter 3 Sambia Social Individuals | 42 | (13) | |||
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| Chapter 4 The Men's Secret Society | 55 | (68) | |||
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| Chapter 5 The Magical Age of 10, or Why Sambia Initiate Boys So Young | 123 | (14) | |||
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126 | (4) | |||
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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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157 | (5) | |||
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162 | (5) | |||
| Glossary | 167 | (2) | |||
| Bibliography | 169 | (5) | |||
| Index | 174 |
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