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Guardians of the flutes / produced by Paul Reddish with anthropologist Gilbert Herdt.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Initiation rites--Papua New Guinea.
- Initiation rites.
- Male homosexuality--Papua New Guinea.
- Male homosexuality.
- Masculinity--Papua New Guinea.
- Masculinity.
- Sambia (Papua New Guinean people)--Rites and ceremonies.
- Sambia (Papua New Guinean people).
- Sambia (Papua New Guinean people)--Sexual behavior.
- Sex customs--Papua New Guinea.
- Sex customs.
- Sex symbolism--Case studies.
- Sex symbolism.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (50 min.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 1996.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- Summary:
- In the mountains of New Guinea live the Sambia people, a war-like tribe whose secret rituals of initiation are aimed at making their warriors courageous and bold. This is a society where roles of men and women are sharply delineated. The male children must undergo a severe initiation in order to become men including thrashing, food and sleep deprivation, and sexual rites.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed June 25, 2014).
- American Anthropological Association, 1996
- American Psychological Association, 1996
- OCLC:
- 886380006
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