Cassowary's Revenge The Life and Death of Masculinity in a New Guinea Society

Name: Cassowary's Revenge The Life and Death of Masculinity in a New Guinea Society
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ISBN: 9780226819518

ISBN-10: 0226819515

ISBN-13: 9780226819518

Edition: 1997

Authors: Donald Tuzin

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Donald Tuzin first studied the New Guinea village of Ilahita in 1972. When he returned many years later, he arrived in the aftermath of a startling event: the village’s men voluntarily destroyed their secret cult that had allowed them to dominate women for generations. The cult’s collapse indicated nothing less than the death of masculinity, and Tuzin examines the labyrinth of motives behind this improbable, self-devastating act. The villagers' mythic tradition provided a basis for this revenge of Woman upon the dominion of Man, and, remarkably, Tuzin himself became a principal figure in its narratives. The return of the magic-bearing "youngest brother" from America had been prophesied, and…

Book details

List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 9/2/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 270
Size: 0.59" wide x 0.93" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



Going Home



The Mission



The Repeal of Custom



The Cassowary and the Swan Maiden



The Web of True Prophecy



Millennium



Fear in the Heart



Sanctuary


Notes


Maps


References


Index