The Sambia ritual and gender in New Guinea

Found in: Filosofía y Humanidades / Psicología
Main Author: Herdt, Gilbert H., 1949-
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Harcourt College, 1987.
Series: Case studies in cultural anthropology
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Table of Contents:
  • The behavioral environment
  • The landscape.
  • Population groupings.
  • Economy.
  • The gender problem.
  • The regional picture.
  • Warfare and social organization.
  • A war is going on.
  • Social structure.
  • Jerungdu and the male ethos.
  • Marriage and sexual antagonism.
  • Masculine values and gender stereotypes.
  • Religion.
  • Warfare: the behavioral context.
  • Ordinary people.
  • Moondi.
  • Kanteilo.
  • Kaiyunango.
  • Sakulambei.
  • Weiyu.
  • Gender and socialization.
  • Concepts.
  • Gender as a social principle.
  • Hamlet security circle.
  • Secrecy.
  • Public morality.
  • Beliefs about sexual differentiation.
  • The two worlds.
  • The family system.
  • Pregnancy and birth.
  • Childhood gender socialization.
  • Aggressivity, shaming, control.
  • Later socialization.
  • The men's secret society.
  • Initiation for strength.
  • The ecology of initiation.
  • The initiation cycle.
  • Boys consciousness at initiation.
  • Organizers and spectators.
  • The initiations begin.
  • The culthouse sceme.
  • Moondi's decision.
  • Third stage initiation.
  • Second stage initiation.
  • First stage initiation.
  • The flute ceremony.
  • The remaining festivities.
  • The war raid.
  • Marriage and fatherhood.
  • Ritualized gender development: continuities and discontinuities.
  • Gender discontinuity.
  • Ritual brainwashing
  • The liminality of age-mates.
  • Ritual symbolism.
  • Nose-bleeding rites.
  • The secret of the flutes.
  • Protest masculinity.
  • Women's real power.
  • The relativity of gender.