Gender Rituals e-bog
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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 l...
E-bog
403,64 DKK
Forlag
Routledge
Udgivet
13 september 2013
Længde
286 sider
Genrer
1MKL
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781136657429
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.