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Gilbert Herdt

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The Sambia: Ritual and Gender in New Guinea (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology)

Wadsworth Publishing (Jan 01, 1987)

9780030689079

| Paperback

227 pages | 6.5 x 9.2 inch | English

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Dewey 392.1409953

LC Classification DU740.42 .H45 1987

LC Control No. 86022888

Subject

Initiation Rites - Papua New Guinea
Male Homosexuality - Papua New Guinea
Masculinity - Papua New Guinea
Sambia (Papua New Guinean People) - Rites And Ceremonies
Sambia (Papua New Guinean People) - Sexual Behavior
Sex Customs - Papua New Guinea
Sex Symbolism - Papua New Guinea

Plot

This cultural and psychological study of gender identity and sexual development in a New Guinea Highlands society includes initiation rites and socialization studies, and contrasts the Sambia with other societies, including our own. Sambia boys experience ritualized homosexuality before puberty and do not leave it until marriage, after which homosexual activity is prohibited. The implications are developed cross-culturally and contextualized in gender literature.