Gregor, Thomas A. & Tuzin, Donald; editors:

Gender in Amazonia and Melanesia: An Exploration of the Comparative Method

Berkeley, Univ. of California Press, (2001). orig.cloth. 23x15cm, x, 392 pp. Minor rubbing. VG.
¶ Contains 14 papers. Includea: T.A. Gregor & D. Tuzin "Comparing Gender in Amazonia & Melanesia"; P. Bonnemère "Two Forms of Masculine Ritualized Rebirth: The Melanesian Body & the Amazonian Cosmos"; J.D. Hill "The Variety of Fertility Cultism in Amazonia: A Closer Look at Gender Symbolism in Northwestern Amazonia"; A. Biersack "Reproducing Inequality: The Gender Politics of Male Cults in the Papua New Guinea Highlands & Amazonia"; P. Descola "The Genres of Gender: Local Models & Global Paradigms in the Comparison of Amazonia & Melanesia"; W.H. Fisher "Age- based Genders Among the Kayapo"; B.A. Conklin "Women's Blood, Warrior's Blood, & the Concept of Vitality in Amazonia"; M. Jolly "Damming the Rivers of Milk? Fertility, Sexuality & Modernity in Melanesia & Amazonia"; M.F. Brown "Worlds Overturned: Gender-Inflected Religious Movements in Melanesia & Amazonia"; M. Strathern "Same-Sex & Cross-Sex Relations: Some Internal Comparisons"; S. Hugh-Jones "The Gender of Some Amazonian Gifts: An Experiment with an Experiment"; P. Roscoe "'Stremgth' & Sexuality: Sexual Avoidance & Masculinity in New Guinea & Amazonia"; R.A. Gregor & D. Tuzin "The Anguish of Gender: Men's Cults & Moral Contradiction in Amazonia & Melanesia"; "Reflections on the Land of Melazonia".

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Keywords: Cultural Anthropology, Gender Identity, Comparative, Ethnography, Ethnology Kinship, Social Sex Role, Amazonia Sociology, Melanesia, Papua New Guinea

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The Cassowary's Revenge: The Life and Death of Masculinity in a New Guinea Society

Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1997. Second Edition . Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. One of the very best ethnographies about the Sepik River peoples and their cultures and histories ever written, mostly about the Ilahita Arapesh of East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in softcover format, generally clean but for previous owner's penned tick-marks here and there, those of a noted ethnographer, John Barker. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xii [1], 1-256 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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The Ilahita Arapesh: Dimensions of Unity

Berkeley, California, University of California Press, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. One of the very best ethnographies about the Sepik River peoples and their cultures and histories ever written, mostly about the Ilahita Arapesh of East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. Foreword by Margaret Mead. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean but for previous owner's inscription, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to, sunning of extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xxv [2], 1-376 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good/Good,

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