Ritualized Homosexuality in Melanesia

List of contents

Introduction to the Paperback Edition 

Editor's Preface 
1 Gilbert H. Herdt 
  Ritualized Homosexual Behavior in the Male Cults of Melanesia, 1862-1983: An Introduction
2 Michael R. Allen 
  Homosexuality, Male Power, and Political Organization in North Vanuatu: A Comparative Analysis
3 J. Van Baal 
  The Dialectics of Sex in Marind-anim Culture
4 Gilbert H. Herdt 
  Semen Transactions in Sambia Culture
5 Kenneth E. Read 
  The Nama Cult Recalled
6 Eric Schwimmer 
  Male Couples in New Guinea
7 Laurent Serpenti 
  The Ritual Meaning of Homosexuality and Pedophilia among the Kimam-Papuans of South Irian Jaya
8 Arve S0rum 
  Growth and Decay: Bedamini Notions of Sexuality
9 Shirley Lindenbaum 
  Variations on a Sociosexual Theme in Melanesia
  
Bibliography 
Contributors 
Index 
Maps
1 New Guinea and adjacent islands
2 Vanuatu (New Hebrides)
3 Southwest New Guinea (lrian Jaya)
Map of Melanesia
frontispiece

About the author

Gilbert H. Herdt is Professor of Human Sexuality Studies at San Francisco State University.

Summary

A collection of essays by anthropologists on the subject of ritualized homosexuality. Their studies in cross-cultural variations in homosexual behaviour in a non-Western culture area indicate that contemporary theories of sex and gender development need revision.

Product details

• Authors: Gilbert H. Herdt
• Assisted by: Gilbert H. Herdt (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.01.1993
• EAN: 9780520080966
• ISBN: 978-0-520-08096-6
• No. of pages: 476
• Series: Studies in Melanesian Anthropology; Studies in Melanesian Anthropology
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Gender studies, gender groups, Gay Studies (Gay Men), SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / General, Melanesia, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics