Sambia Ritual, Sexuality, and Change in Papua New Guinea

Name: Sambia Ritual, Sexuality, and Change in Papua New Guinea
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ISBN: 9780534643836

ISBN-10: 0534643833

ISBN-13: 9780534643836

Edition: 2nd 2006 (Revised)

Authors: Gilbert Herdt

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This cultural and psychological study of gender identity and sexual development in a New Guinea Highlands society includes rich material on initiation rites and socialization studies, and contrasts the Sambia with other societies, including the United States. For example, Sambia boys experience ritualized homosexuality before puberty and continue this practice until marriage, after which homosexual activity is prohibited. The implications are developed cross-culturally and contextualized in gender literature. This new edition contains updated information about the Sambian ritualization and socialization of gender practices and will include a new chapter on sexuality, gender and social…

Book details

List price: $74.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 12/15/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Foreword


Preface


Introduction



The Mountain Setting


The Landscape


Population Groupings


Hamlet Security Circle


Social Structure


Religion



Warfare and Cultural Life


"A War Is Going On"


Jerungdu and the Men's World


Marriage and Sexual Antagonism


Masculine Values and Gender Stereotypes


How War Was Waged


The Sambia Pacified



Sambia Social Individuals


Moondi


Kanteilo


Kaiyunango


Sakulambei


Penjukwi


Weiyu


Danny



The Men's Secret Society


Initiation for Strength


The Ecology of Initiation


The Initiation Cycle


Boys' Subjectivity at Initiation


Organizers and Spectators


The Initiations Begin


The Cult House Scene


Moondi's Decision


Third-Stage Initiation


Second-Stage Initiation


First-Stage Initiation


The Flute Ceremony


The Sexual Transition-The Boys' Initiation


The Remaining Festivities


The War Raid


Final Initiations: Marriage and Fatherhood



The Magical Age of 10, or Why Sambia Initiate Boys So Young


When It Begins


Hormones and Sexual Attraction


Development of Sexual Attraction in Sambia


Sexual Lifeways, Not Sexual Orientations


A Note on the Ancient Greeks



Sex/Gender, Power, and Social Inequality


Men Are the Sexual Objects


Categories of Hierarchy


Ritual Secrecy


Marriage and Social Inequality


Cultural Forms of Sexual Relationships


Women's Power and Sexual Agency


Boys' Sexual Agency and Social Oppression



Sexuality and Revolutionary Change


Post-Colonial Change


"Luv" Marriage-The Sexual Revolution


Glossary


Bibliography


Index