Guardians of the Flutes, Volume 1
Idioms of Masculinity
Format:Paperback
Publisher:The University of Chicago Press
Published:1st Oct '94
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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