Women as unseen characters : male ritual in Papua New Guinea

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Rituals have always been a focus of ethnographies of Melanesia, providing a ground for important theorizing in anthropology. This is especially true of the male initiation rituals that until recently were held in Papua New Guinea. For the most part, these rituals have been understood as all-male ins...

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Other Authors: Bonnemere, Pascale
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004
Series:Social anthropology in Oceania.
Subjects:
Sambia (Papua New Guinean people) > Rites and ceremonies.
Hamtai (Papua New Guinean people) > Rites and ceremonies.
Women, Sambia > Social conditions.
Women, Sambia > Attitudes.
Women, Hamtai > Social conditions.
Women, Hamtai > Attitudes.
Initiation rites > Papua New Guinea > Eastern Highlands Province.
Puberty rites > Papua New Guinea > Eastern Highlands Province.
Secret societies > Papua New Guinea > Eastern Highlands Province.
Eastern Highlands Province (Papua New Guinea) > Social life and customs.
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