Gender Rituals : Female Initiation in Melanesia
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0415911079
ISBN-13
9780415911078
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 29th, 1995
Print length
286 Pages
Weight
530 grams
Product Classification:
Alternative belief systemsGender studies, gender groupsAnthropology
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The contributors to this volume draw together ethnographies of female initiation rites in eight communities in Melanesia. The text argues that female initiation rites express more than cultural notions of femininity, narrow definitions of reproduction, or coming of age rituals.
This volume draws together ethnographies of female initiation rites in Melanesia which require anthropologists to rethink their analysis of initiations and their perceptions of gender. The contributors argue that female initiation rites express more than cultural notions of femininity, narrow definitions of reproduction, or coming of age rituals - instead they play an important role in other life cycle rituals and in the political and economic organization of society.
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