The Sambia: Ritual and Gender in New Guinea

by Gilbert Herdt

Book Overview

This cultural and psychological study of gender identity and sexual development in a New Guinea Highlands society includes rich material on initiation rites and socialization studies, and contrasts... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0534442498
• ISBN13: 9780534442491
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Ingram
• Length: 227 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

An interesting Read

In interesting read. The Sambia are a people of a unique and intregueing culture and the insight this book provides is inmatched.