Guardians of the Flutes, Volume 1: Idioms of Masculinity

Guardians of the Flutes, Volume 1: Idioms of Masculinity
ISBN-10
0226327493
ISBN-13
9780226327495
Category
Psychology
Pages
404
Language
English
Published
1994-12-15
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Author
Gilbert Herdt

Description

In the first 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 practice 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.

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