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

• Author: Lutkehaus, Nancy;
  Roscoe, Paul Bernard (1948-)
• Publisher: New York : Routledge, 1995
  
• Subjects: Initiation rites -- Papua New Guinea;
  Puberty rites -- Papua New Guinea;
  Female circumcision -- Papua New Guinea;
  Women -- Rites and ceremonies -- Papua New Guinea;
  Women -- Social conditions -- Papua New Guinea;
  Rites d'initiation -- Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée;
  Rites de puberté -- Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée;
  Excision (ethnologie) -- Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée;
  Femmes -- Rites et cérémonies -- Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée;
  Femmes -- Conditions sociales -- Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée;
  Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée -- Moeurs et coutumes
• Includes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-256) and index.
  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
  
• lds03: 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
  
• Language: English
  
• Creation Date: 1995
  
• Identifier: 0-415-91106-0 ; 0-415-91107-9
  
• Format: xix, 265 p. : ill. ; 24 cm