Ritualized Homosexuality in Melanesia

1. Auflage 1993
ISBN: 978-0-520-08096-6
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 476 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 635 g

Reihe: Studies in Melanesian Anthropology

This book contains the work of seven leading anthropologists on the subject of ritualized homosexuality, and it marks the first time that anthropologists have systematically studied cross-cultural variations in homosexual behavior in a non-Western culture area. The book as a whole indicates that contemporary theories of sex and gender development need revision in light of the Melanesian findings.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Herdt, Gilbert H.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies: Homosexualität, LGBTQ+
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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