Rituals of Manhood: Male Initiation in Papua New GuineaRituals of Manhood provides some of the most dramatic and richly textured accounts of ritual passages known to anthropologists of the late twentieth century. When in an earlier time anthropologists and sociologists described collective initiation rituals, the political and gender aspects of these practices were seldom underscored. Today, the power relationships of the body and domination, and the social arena of gender politics are widely regarded as critical to the cultural meaning and interpretation. Gilbert H. Herdt is the editor. |
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Contents
Roger M Keesing | 1 |
FETISH AND FANTASY IN SAMBIA INITIATION | 44 |
Fitz John Porter Poole | 99 |
Edward L Schieffelin | 155 |
Terence E Hays and Patricia H Hays | 201 |
Philip L Newman and David J Boyd | 239 |
Deborah B Gewertz | 286 |
RITUAL VIOLENCE AMONG THE ILAHITA | 321 |
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Rituals of Manhood: Male Initiation in Papua New Guinea Gilbert H. Herdt,Roger M. Keesing Limited preview - 1982 |
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| Title | Rituals of Manhood: Male Initiation in Papua New Guinea |
| Editor | Gilbert H. Herdt |
| Publisher | Transaction Publishers |
| ISBN | 1412833388, 9781412833387 |
| Length | 365 pages |
| Subjects | › › Social Science / Anthropology / General Social Science / Customs & Traditions Social Science / Minority Studies |
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