Ritualized Homosexuality in Melanesia (Studies in Melanesian Anthropology)
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| Rating | : | 4.41 (789 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0520080963 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 476 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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Gilbert H. Herdt is Professor of Human Sexuality Studies at San Francisco State University.
Adam, "American Journal of Sociology . This documentation of several societies where homosexual relations among men are both universal and obligatory challenges a number of medical, biological, and psychological theories of homosexuality."--Barry D. "Must reading for serious investigators of sex and gender
"4.5 Stars for Letting Us Know the Scholarly Details of "the Unspeakable" Bonam Pak I read the 1993 edition of the 1984 book on research primarily conducted between 1958 and 1970 in Melanesia, including the world's second largest island, New Guinea.The societies in this area are exceedingly numerous and often miniscule, widely differen. .5 Stars for Letting Us Know the Scholarly Details of "the Unspeakable"" according to Bonam Pak. I read the 1994.5 Stars for Letting Us Know the Scholarly Details of "the Unspeakable" Bonam Pak I read the 1993 edition of the 1984 book on research primarily conducted between 1958 and 1970 in Melanesia, including the world's second largest island, New Guinea.The societies in this area are exceedingly numerous and often miniscule, widely differen. .5 Stars for Letting Us Know the Scholarly Details of "the Unspeakable" I read the 1993 edition of the 1984.5 Stars for Letting Us Know the Scholarly Details of "the Unspeakable" Bonam Pak I read the 1993 edition of the 1984 book on research primarily conducted between 1958 and 1970 in Melanesia, including the world's second largest island, New Guinea.The societies in this area are exceedingly numerous and often miniscule, widely differen. book on research primarily conducted between 1958 and 1970 in Melanesia, including the world's second largest island, New Guinea.The societies in this area are exceedingly numerous and often miniscule, widely differen. edition of the 1984.5 Stars for Letting Us Know the Scholarly Details of "the Unspeakable" Bonam Pak I read the 1993 edition of the 1984 book on research primarily conducted between 1958 and 1970 in Melanesia, including the world's second largest island, New Guinea.The societies in this area are exceedingly numerous and often miniscule, widely differen. book on research primarily conducted between 1958 and 1970 in Melanesia, including the world's second largest island, New Guinea.The societies in this area are exceedingly numerous and often miniscule, widely differen
The book as a whole indicates that contemporary theories of sex and gender development need revision in light of the Melanesian findings.. 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