Sambia Sexual Culture: Essays from the Field

by Gilbert Herdt

Book Overview

Few cultures have received as much attention in the study of erotic desire, sexuality, and gender as the Sambia of Papua New Guinea. Here, for the first time, is a collection of groundbreaking essays and a new introduction on the Sambia's sexual culture by the renowned anthropologist Gilbert Herdt.

Over the course of 20 years, Herdt made 13 field trips to live with the Sambia in order to understand sexuality and ritual in the context of warfare...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226327523
• ISBN13: 9780226327525
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 335 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"