Ritualized Homosexuality in Melanesia / edited by Gilbert H. Herdt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Herdt, Gilbert H., 1949- editor.

Series:

Studies in Melanesian anthropology ; Volume 2.

Studies in Melanesian Anthropology Series ; Volume 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Melanesians--Rites and ceremonies.

Melanesians.

Melanesians--Social life and customs.

Male homosexuality--Melanesia.

Male homosexuality.

Sex customs--Melanesia.

Sex customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (432 p.) : 4 maps

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1984]

Language Note:

In English.

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Editor's Preface

1.Ritualized Homosexual Behavior in the Male Cults of Melanesia, 1862-1983: An Introduction

2. Ritualized Homosexuality, Male Power, and Political Organization in North Vanuatu: A Comparative Analysis

3. The Dialectics of Sex in Marind-anim Culture

4. Semen Transactions in Sambia Culture

5. The Nama Cult Recalled

6. Male Couples in New Guinea

7. The Ritual Meaning of Homosexuality and Pedophilia among the Kimam-Papuans of South Irian Jaya

8. Growth and Decay: Bedamini Notions of Sexuality

9. Variations on a Sociosexual Theme in Melanesia

Bibliography

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520341388

0520341384

OCLC:

1149399119