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- Secrecy and Cultural Reality: Utopian Ideologies of the New Guinea Men's House
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- 2010
- Published by: University of Michigan Press
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Gilbert Herdt is Director of the Program in Human Sexuality Studies at San Francisco State University, where he is also Professor of Human Sexuality Studies and Anthropology.
Table of Contents
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- Preface & Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xviii
- 2. Why Secrecy?
- pp. 33-64
- 3. Secrecy among the Sambia, 1974–1976
- pp. 65-113
- 4. Paradox of the Men’s House
- pp. 115-172
- Afterword: Secrecy & Cultural Relativism
- pp. 213-240
- References
- pp. 245-261
Additional Information
ISBN
9780472026258
Related ISBN(s)
9780472067619, 9780472097616
MARC Record
OCLC
615633527
Pages
287
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
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