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The Sambia : ritual, sexuality, and change in Papua New Guinea / Gilbert Herdt. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Case studies in cultural anthropologyPublication details: Belmont, California : Thomson/Wadsworth, 2006.Edition: second editionDescription: xxiv, 178 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780534643836
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • DU740.42.H541.S263 2006
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Contents:
The mountain setting -- Warfare and cultural life -- Sambia social individuals -- The men's secret society -- The magical age of 10, or why Sambia initiate boys so young -- Sex/gender, power, and social inequality -- Sexuality and revolutionary change.
Subject: "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 information about the Sambian ritualization and socialization of gender practices and will include a new chapter on sexuality, gender and social change among the Sambia."--Pub. desc.
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The mountain setting -- Warfare and cultural life -- Sambia social individuals -- The men's secret society -- The magical age of 10, or why Sambia initiate boys so young -- Sex/gender, power, and social inequality -- Sexuality and revolutionary change.

"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 information about the Sambian ritualization and socialization of gender practices and will include a new chapter on sexuality, gender and social change among the Sambia."--Pub. desc.

1 Herdt, G. (2006). The Sambia: Ritual, sexuality, and Change in Papua New Guinea. Thomson/Wadsworth.

2 Herdt, Gilbert. The Sambia: Ritual, Sexuality, and Change in Papua New Guinea. Thomson/Wadsworth, 2006.

3 Herdt, Gilbert. The Sambia: Ritual, Sexuality, and Change in Papua New Guinea. Thomson/Wadsworth, 2006.

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