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.
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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.
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Add this copy of Ritualized Homosexuality in Melanesia to cart. $2.68, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1993 by University of California Press.
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Good in Good jacket. Size: 8vo 8"-9" tall; A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Bound in brown linen cloth over boards, sharp and distinct lettering to spine. Dust jacket present, but extensively sunned at spine, chipping along top edge front and rear. Extensive pencil notations left in, unerased, because the copy belonged to the expert historian John Barker, an ethnographer himself of the Maisin of Papua New Guinea. The first extensive survey of ritualized homosexuality in Melanesia, which became "ritualized boy insemination" and put on the map more by the editor, Gilbert Herdt, than anyone, and with contributions by him and by Michael R. Allen, Jan van Baal, Kenneth E. Read, Eric Schwimmer, Laurent Serpenti, Arve Sorum and Shirley Lindenbaum. Map endpapers front and rear showing the ethnographic, ethnological spread of the survey. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xvii [2], 2-409 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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Very Good. 0520080963. Slight sunning to the spine. Contributors: Gilbert H. Herdt, Michael R. Allen, J. Van Baal, Kenneth E. Read, Eric Schwimmer, Laurent Serpenti, Arve Sorum, and Shirley Lindenbaum. Bibliography, index.; Trade PB; 409 pages.
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