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Gender in Amazonia and Melanesia [electronic resource] : an exploration of the comparative method / edited by Thomas A. Gregor and Donald Tuzin.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2001.Description: 1 online resource (x, 392 p.) : mapISBN:
  • 9780520935815 (electronic bk.)
  • 0520935810 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Gender in Amazonia and Melanesia.DDC classification:
  • 305.3/0981/1 22
LOC classification:
  • GN564.A47 G45 2001eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Comparing gender in Amazonia and Melanesia: a theoretical orientation -- Two forms of masculine ritualized rebirth: the Melanesian body and the Amazonian cosmos -- The variety of fertility cultism in Amazonia: a closer look at gender symbolism in Northwestern Amazonia -- Reproducing inequality: the gender politics of male cults in the Papua New Guinea highlands and Amazonia -- The genres of gender: local models and global paradigms in the comparison of Amazonia and Melanesia -- Aged-based genders among the Kayapo -- Women's blood, warriors' blood, and the conquest of vitality in Amazonia --Damming the rivers of milk? Fertility, sexuality, and modernity in Melanesia and Amazonia -- Worlds overturned: gender-infected religious movements in Melanesia and the Amazon -- Same-sex and cross-sex relations: some internal comparisons -- The gender of some Amazonian gifts: an experiment with an experiment -- "Strength" and sexuality: sexual avoidance and masculinity in New Guinea and Amazonia -- The anguish of gender: men's cults and moral contradiction in Amazonia and Melanesia -- Reflections on the land of Melazonia.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-376) and indexes.

Comparing gender in Amazonia and Melanesia: a theoretical orientation -- Two forms of masculine ritualized rebirth: the Melanesian body and the Amazonian cosmos -- The variety of fertility cultism in Amazonia: a closer look at gender symbolism in Northwestern Amazonia -- Reproducing inequality: the gender politics of male cults in the Papua New Guinea highlands and Amazonia -- The genres of gender: local models and global paradigms in the comparison of Amazonia and Melanesia -- Aged-based genders among the Kayapo -- Women's blood, warriors' blood, and the conquest of vitality in Amazonia --Damming the rivers of milk? Fertility, sexuality, and modernity in Melanesia and Amazonia -- Worlds overturned: gender-infected religious movements in Melanesia and the Amazon -- Same-sex and cross-sex relations: some internal comparisons -- The gender of some Amazonian gifts: an experiment with an experiment -- "Strength" and sexuality: sexual avoidance and masculinity in New Guinea and Amazonia -- The anguish of gender: men's cults and moral contradiction in Amazonia and Melanesia -- Reflections on the land of Melazonia.

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