Gender in Amazonia and Melanesia: An Exploration of the Comparative Method

orig.cloth Minor rubbing. VG. 23x15cm, x, 392 pp Contains 14 papers. Includea: T.A. Gregor & D. Tuzin "Comparing Gender in Amazonia & Melanesia"; P. Bonnemère "Two Forms of Masculine Ritualized Rebirth: The Melanesian Body & the Amazonian Cosmos"; J.D. Hill "The Variety of Fertility Cultism in Amazonia: A Closer Look at Gender Symbolism in Northwestern Amazonia"; A. Biersack "Reproducing Inequality: The Gender Politics of Male Cults in the Papua New Guinea Highlands & Amazonia"; P. Descola "The Genres of Gender: Local Models & Global Paradigms in the Comparison of Amazonia & Melanesia"; W.H. Fisher "Age- based Genders Among the Kayapo"; B.A. Conklin "Women's Blood, Warrior's Blood, & the Concept of Vitality in Amazonia"; M. Jolly "Damming the Rivers of Milk? Fertility, Sexuality & Modernity in Melanesia & Amazonia"; M.F. Brown "Worlds Overturned: Gender-Inflected Religious Movements in Melanesia & Amazonia"; M. Strathern "Same-Sex & Cross-Sex Relations: Some Internal Comparisons"; S. Hugh-Jones "The Gender of Some Amazonian Gifts: An Experiment with an Experiment"; P. Roscoe "'Stremgth' & Sexuality: Sexual Avoidance & Masculinity in New Guinea & Amazonia"; R.A. Gregor & D. Tuzin "The Anguish of Gender: Men's Cults & Moral Contradiction in Amazonia & Melanesia"; "Reflections on the Land of Melazonia". …