The Sambia: Ritual and Gender in New Guinea by Gilbert H. Herdt

The Sambia: Ritual and Gender in New Guinea

Gilbert H. Herdt

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nonfiction gender challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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This cultural and psychological study of gender identity and sexual development in a New Guinea Highlands society includes initiation rites and socialization studies, and contrasts the Sambia with other societies, including our own. Sambia boys ex...

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