Author: Herdt, Gilbert H.; editor:
Title: Ritualized Homosexuality in Melanesia
Description: Berkeley [CA], Univ. of California Press, (1984). orig.wrappers. 23x15cm, xvii,409 pp, PAPERBACK.. Textual maps.. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ This book contains the work of seven leading anthropologists on the subject of ritualized homosexuality. Having systematically studied cross- cultural variations in homosexual behaviour in a non-Western culture area, they indicate that contemporary theories of sex and gender development need revision in light of the Melanesian findings" - Publisher's description.

Keywords: Melanesian Ethnography, Ritualized, Male Homosexuality, Gender Sex, Anthropology, Social Sociology, Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, Ethnology