Ritualized homosexuality in Melanesia
By: edited by Gilbert H. Herdt.
Contributors: Herdt, Gilbert H., 1949-
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 409
Subjects: Melanesians -- Rites and ceremonies; Melanesians -- Social life and customs; Homosexuality, Male -- Melanesia; Sex customs -- Melanesia
Notes: Bibliography: p. 362-389.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Editor's Preface; label: 1
title: Ritualized Homosexual Behavior in the Male Cults of Melanesia, 1862-1983: An Introduction
pagenum: 1
authors: Gilbert H. Herdt; label: 2
title: Homosexuality, Male Power, and Political Organization in North Vanuatu: A Comparative Analysis
pagenum: 83
authors: Michael R. Allen; label: 3
title: The Dialectics of Sex in Marind-anim Culture
pagenum: 128
authors: J. Van Baal; label: 4
title: Semen Transactions in Sambia Culture
pagenum: 167
authors: Gilbert H. Herdt; label: 5
title: The Nama Cult Recalled
pagenum: 211
authors: Kenneth E. Read; label: 6
title: Male Couples in New Guinea
pagenum: 248
authors: Eric Schwimmer; label: 7
title: The Ritual Meaning of Homosexuality and Pedophilia among the Kimam-Papuans of South Irian Jaya
pagenum: 292
authors: Laurent Serpenti; label: 8
title: Growth and Decay: Bedamini Notions of Sexuality
pagenum: 318
authors: Arve Sørum; label: 9
title: Variations on a Sociosexual Theme in Melanesia
pagenum: 337
authors: Shirley Lindenbaum; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 362; title: Contributors
pagenum: 391; title: Index
pagenum: 395; title: Maps
description: See endpapers for map of Melanesia.; label: 1
title: New Guinea and adjacent islands
pagenum: xviii; label: 2
title: Vanuatu (New Hebrides)
pagenum: 82; label: 3
title: Southwest New Guinea (Irian Jaya)
pagenum: 127