Guardians of the Flutes, Volume 1

Idioms of Masculinity

By: Gilbert Herdt

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Paperback | 15 December 1994 | Edition Number 1

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In the first systematic documentation of New Guinea rituals of manhood, Gilbert Herdt places the homosexual customs of the Sambia in their ecological and ideological contexts while exploring what they mean to the individuals who practice them. Raising a host of issues concerning gender identity, hostility between the sexes, and the relationships between myth, culture, and personal experience, Herdt provides a vivid and convincing portrait of how Sambia men experience their sexual development.

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Non-Fiction Society & Culture Social Groups Gender Studies Gender Studies: Men and Boys Cultural Studies Sociology & Anthropology Anthropology Physical Anthropology Gay & Lesbian Studies Gay Studies for Gay Men Sociology

Sociology & Customs & Traditions Psychology Miscellaneous Items Family & Health

A Note on Language
Foreword
Preface to the 1994 edition
Preface
Introduction
People of the Mountain Forest
Idioms and Verbal Behavior
The Inward Cosmos
Genderizing the Pandanus Tree
The Phantom Cassowary
Femininity
Masculinity
Male Parthenogenesis: A Myth and Its Meaning
Conclusion
"Tali Says": On the problem of symbolic meaning and its relationship to field conditions among the Sambia
Nilutwo's Dreams
The Myth of Cassowary
On the Origins of Warfare and Initiation
The Myth of Gandei
References
Name Index
Subject Index
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