The Sambia: Ritual, Sexuality, and Change in Papua New Guinea

By Gilbert Herdt

Book Overview

This cultural and psychological study of gender identity and sexual development in a New Guinea Highlands society includes rich material on initiation rites and socialization studies, and contrasts the Sambia with other societies, including the United States. For example, Sambia boys experience ritualized homosexuality before puberty and continue this practice until marriage, after which homosexual activity is prohibited. The implications are developed cross-culturally and contextualized in gender literature. This new edition contains updated information about the Sambian ritualization and socialization of gender practices and will include a new chapter on sexuality, gender and social change among the Sambia.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0534643833
• ISBN13: 9780534643836
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.5" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

An interesting Read

In interesting read. The Sambia are a people of a unique and intregueing culture and the insight this book provides is inmatched.