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Gender in Amazonia and Melanesia : an exploration of the comparative method /

Other Authors: Gregor, Thomas.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2001.
Subjects:
Sex role > Amazon River Region.
Sex role > Melanesia.
Gender identity > Amazon River Region.
Gender identity > Melanesia.
Sex differences.
Kinship > Amazon River Region.
Kinship > Melanesia.
Gender identity.
Kinship.
Sex role.
Rôle selon le sexe > Amazonie.
Rôle selon le sexe > Mélanésie.
Identité sexuelle > Amazonie.
Identité sexuelle > Mélanésie.
Différences entre sexes > Amazonie.
Différences entre sexes > Mélanésie.
Parenté > Amazonie.
Parenté > Mélanésie.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gender Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Manners and customs.
Amazon River Region > Social life and customs.
Melanesia > Social life and customs.
Amazonie > Mœurs et coutumes.
Mélanésie > Mœurs et coutumes.
Amazon River Region.
Online Access:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=108475
Table of Contents:
  • Comparing gender in Amazonia and Melanesia: a theoretical orientation
  • Two forms of masculine ritualized rebirth: the Melanesian body and the Amazonian cosmos
  • The variety of fertility cultism in Amazonia: a closer look at gender symbolism in Northwestern Amazonia
  • Reproducing inequality: the gender politics of male cults in the Papua New Guinea highlands and Amazonia
  • The genres of gender: local models and global paradigms in the comparison of Amazonia and Melanesia
  • Aged-based genders among the Kayapo
  • Women's blood, warriors' blood, and the conquest of vitality in Amazonia
  • Damming the rivers of milk? Fertility, sexuality, and modernity in Melanesia and Amazonia
  • Worlds overturned: gender-infected religious movements in Melanesia and the Amazon
  • Same-sex and cross-sex relations: some internal comparisons
  • The gender of some Amazonian gifts: an experiment with an experiment
  • "Strength" and sexuality: sexual avoidance and masculinity in New Guinea and Amazonia
  • The anguish of gender: men's cults and moral contradiction in Amazonia and Melanesia
  • Reflections on the land of Melazonia.

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