Guardians of the Flutes, Volume 1: Idioms of Masculinity by Gilbert H. Herdt

Guardians of the Flutes, Volume 1: Idioms of Masculinity

Gilbert H. Herdt

402 pages first pub 1981 (editions)

history challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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In the first systematic documentation of New Guinea rituals of manhood, Gilbert Herdt places the homosexual customs of the Sambia in their ecological and ideological contexts while exploring what they mean to the individuals who practice them. Rai...

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