Introduction to the Paperback Edition
Editor's Preface
1 Gilbert H. Herdt
Ritualized Homosexual Behavior in the Male Cults of
Melanesia, 1862-1983: An Introduction
2 Michael R. Allen
Homosexuality, Male Power, and Political Organization in
North Vanuatu: A Comparative Analysis
3 J. Van Baal
The Dialectics of Sex in Marind-anim Culture
4 Gilbert H. Herdt
Semen Transactions in Sambia Culture
5 Kenneth E. Read
The Nama Cult Recalled
6 Eric Schwimmer
Male Couples in New Guinea
7 Laurent Serpenti
The Ritual Meaning of Homosexuality and Pedophilia among the
Kimam-Papuans of South Irian Jaya
8 Arve S0rum
Growth and Decay: Bedamini Notions of Sexuality
9 Shirley Lindenbaum
Variations on a Sociosexual Theme in Melanesia
Bibliography
Contributors
Index
Maps
1 New Guinea and adjacent islands
2 Vanuatu (New Hebrides)
3 Southwest New Guinea (lrian Jaya)
Map of Melanesia
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Gilbert H. Herdt is Professor of Human Sexuality Studies at San Francisco State University.
"Must reading for serious investigators of sex and gender. . . . This documentation of several societies where homosexual relations among men are both universal and obligatory challenges a number of medical, biological, and psychological theories of homosexuality."--Barry D. Adam, "American Journal of Sociology
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