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Guardians of the Flutes, Volume 1

Idioms of Masculinity

Gilbert Herdt author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:The University of Chicago Press

Published:1st Oct '94

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Guardians of the Flutes, Volume 1 cover

In this 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 practise 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.

ISBN: 9780226327495

Dimensions: 23mm x 15mm x 2mm

Weight: 652g

402 pages