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Title:

Gender rituals : female initiation in Melanesia / edited by Nancy C. Lutkehaus and Paul B. Roscoe.

Publisher:

Routledge,

Copyright Date:

1995

Description:

xix, 265 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Initiation rites--Papua New Guinea.
Puberty rites--Papua New Guinea.
Female circumcision--Papua New Guinea.
Women--Papua New Guinea--Rites and ceremonies.
Women--Papua New Guinea--Social conditions.

Other Authors:

Lutkehaus, Nancy.
Roscoe, Paul Bernard, 1948-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-256) and index.

Contents:

Feminist anthropology and female initiation in Melanesia / Nancy C. Lutkehaus -- Puberty rites, women's naven, and initiation: women's rituals of transition in Abelam and Iatmul culture / Brigitta Hauser-Schäublin -- In the shadow of the Tambaran: female initiation among the Ndu of the Sepik Basin / Paul B. Foscoe -- Achieving womanhood and the achievements of women in Murik society: cult initiation, gender complementarity, and the prestige of women / Kathleen Barlow -- Transforming women: being a becoming in an island Melanesian society / Deane Fergie -- Mythic images and objects of myth in Rauto female puberty ritual / Thomas Maschio -- The Washed and the unwashed: women's life-cycle rituals among the Saniyo-Hiyowe of East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea / Patricia K. Townsend -- Gender metaphors: female rituals as cultural models in Manam / Nancy C. Lutkehaus -- Marriage as the model for a new initiation ritual / Lorraine Sexton -- "Initiation" in cross-cultural perspective / Paul B. Roscoe.

ISBN:

9780415911078 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
0415911079 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)31436711

LCCN:

94039869

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)