Table of Contents

Introduction.
1. The Behavioral Environment.
2. Warfare and Social Organization.
3. Ordinary People.
4. Gender and Socialization.
5. The Men''s Secret Society.
6. Ritualized Gender Development - Continuities and Discontinuities.
7. Sexuality and Social Change.
Afterword.
Glossary.

About the Author

Gilbert Herdt, Ph.D. is Director and Professor of the Human Sexuality Studies Program and Professor of Anthropology at San Francisco State University. He is also the founder of an interdisciplinary research institute-- Institute on Sexuality, Inequality and Health--and Director of National Sexuality Resource Center at San Francisco State University. He has served on more than 10 international committees or agencies, 8 major national committees and academic committees (NIMH, SSRC), and approximately 15 departmental and university-wide committees at 4 American universities. Dr. Herdt is the recipient of various awards and research grants, including the William Simon Henry Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship and a Pre-doctoral Fulbright Scholarship to Australia. Dr. Herdt's research has been supported by the National Institute of Mental Health, Ford Foundation, Spencer Foundation and Rockefeller Foundation. He is a fellow of the American Anthropological Association, International Academy of Sex Research, and Royal Anthropological Institute (UK).

Reviews

Introduction. 1. The Behavioral Environment. 2. Warfare and Social Organization. 3. Ordinary People. 4. Gender and Socialization. 5. The Men's Secret Society. 6. Ritualized Gender Development ? Continuities and Discontinuities. 7. Sexuality and Social Change. Afterword. Glossary.