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1 online resource (x, 392 pages) : map |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-376) and indexes. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
One of the great riddles of cultural history is the remarkable parallel that exists between the peoples of Amazonia and Melanesia. Although the two regions are separated by half a world in distance and at least 40,000 years of history, their cultures nonetheless reveal striking similarities in the areas of sex and gender. The contributors illuminate the various ways in which sex and gender are elaborated, obsessed over, and internalized, shaping subjective experiences common to entire cultural regions, and beyond. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sex role -- Amazon River Region.
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Sex role. |
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Amazon River Region. |
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Sex role -- Melanesia.
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Melanesia. |
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Gender identity -- Amazon River Region.
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Gender identity. |
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Gender identity -- Melanesia.
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Sex differences.
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Sex differences. |
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Kinship -- Amazon River Region.
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Kinship. |
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Kinship -- Melanesia.
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Amazon River Region -- Social life and customs.
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Manners and customs. |
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Melanesia -- Social life and customs.
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Electronic books.
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Gender roles. |
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Gender identity. |
| Added Author |
Gregor, Thomas.
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Tuzin, Donald F.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gender in Amazonia and Melanesia. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2001 0520228510 0520228529 (DLC) 00047947 (OCoLC)45052679 |
| ISBN |
9780520935815 (electronic book) |
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0520935810 (electronic book) |
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9780520228511 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0520228510 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780520228528 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0520228529 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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1597346306 |
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9781597346306 |
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0520228510 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0520228529 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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