Rituals of Manhood / Edition 1

by Gilbert H. Herdt

Overview

Rituals of Manhood provides some of the most dramatic and richly textured accounts of ritual passages known to anthropologists of the late twentieth century. When in an earlier time anthropologists and sociologists described collective initiation rituals, the political and gender aspects of these practices were seldom underscored. Today, the power relationships of the body and domination, and the social arena of gender politics are widely regarded as critical to the cultural meaning and interpretation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780765804051
Publisher:	Transaction Publishers
Publication date:	08/18/2021
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	408
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Transaction Edition; Editor ’s Preface; 1: Introduction; 2: Fetish and Fantasy in Sambia Initiation; 3: The Ritual Forging of Identity; 4: The Bau A Ceremonial Hunting Lodge; 5: Opposition and Complementarity of the Sexes in Ndumba Initiation; 6: The Making of Men; 7: The Father Who Bore Me; 8: Ritual Violence Among the Ilahita Arapesh