Secrecy and cultural reality utopian ideologies of the New Guinea men's house

Secrecy and cultural reality : utopian ideologies of the New Guinea men's house / Gilbert Herdt.

Author/creator	Herdt, Gilbert H., 1949-
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Ann Arbor : University of Michigan,
Description	xviii, 269 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Sambia (Papua New Guinean people)--Rites and ceremonies. Sambia (Papua New Guinean people)--Sexual behavior. Secret societies--Papua New Guinea. Initiation rites--Papua New Guinea. Sex customs--Papua New Guinea. Male homosexuality--Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea--Social life and customs.

Contents	Lewis Henry Morgan and Victorian secret societies -- Why secrecy? -- Secrecy among the Sambia, 1974-1976 -- Paradox of the men's house -- Colonialism and the dissolution of secret reality.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-261) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2003001358
ISBN	047209761X (Cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0472067613 (Paper : alk. paper)

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