Many Faces Of Homosexuality: Anthropological Approaches To Homosexual
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Many Faces Of Homosexuality: Anthropological Approaches To Homosexual

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Many Faces Of Homosexuality: Anthropological Approaches To Homosexual

About this book

This groundbreaking book examines the diverse manifestations of homosexuality in various historical periods and non-Western cultures. The distinguished authors examine Kimam male ritualized homosexual behavior, Mexican homosexual interaction in public contexts, male homosexuality and spirit possession in Brazil, and much more.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2019
Print ISBN
9780918393203
eBook ISBN
9781317959663
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
LGBT Studies
Index
Social Sciences

Index

abortion 181
adolescence
female institutionalized friendships during 97-116
ritualized homosexuality during 25-29, 55-68
adultery, under Islamic law 12
Africa, see also specific countries and ethnic groups
age-structured homosexuality in 21
lesbianism in 10-11, 12
Afro-Brazilian spirit possession cults 137-153, 156, 157
analytical interpretation 146-152
categories 138-139
cult houses 139-140
cult leadership 139-140, 142, 143, 144, 146-150, 151
female spirit possession 144-145
gender roles 141-142
homosexual membership 142-152
organization 139-140
rituals 140
sexual activity restrictions 143-144
transsexual trance 144-145
women in 150-151,152n.
Almeida, Piers de 158
Ambiente, see Mexico, homosexual public interactions in
American Indians, see also specific tribes
berdaches 165-189, 191-200
cross-dressing by 169, 179, 183, 192, 193, 195, 197, 199
definition 179
descriptions 179-181, 192-199
females as 179,182, 183
gender-mixing status 166-178
homosexual activity by 181-182, 183, 184, 185, 186
"homosexual niche" theory of 4
occupational inversion of 170-171
responses to 180-185
ritual functions of 180
social behavior of 169-170
as third gender 179
female cross-gender role 13
incest taboos 184, 185-186
lesbianism among 9
androgyne 50
anthropological theory
of homosexuality 2-4
of lesbianism 7-15
Apache, berdache role among 181
Araucaman culture, gender-mixing role among 169, 171, 174
Arjuna 40-41
asceticism
creative 39-...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Foreword
  8. Breaking the Mirror: The Construction of Lesbianism and the Anthropological Discourse on Homosexuality
  9. Age, Structure, and Sexuality: Reflections on the Anthropological Evidence on Homosexual Relations
  10. The Hijras of India: Cultural and Individual Dimensions of an Institutionalized Third Gender Role
  11. Growing Yams and Men: An Interpretation of Kimam Male Ritualized Homosexual Behavior
  12. Sisters and Brothers, Lovers and Enemies: Marriage Resistance in Southern Kwangtung
  13. The Lesbian Community: An Anthropological Approach
  14. "Mummies and Babies" and Friends and Lovers in Lesotho
  15. Mexican Male Homosexual Interaction in Public Contexts
  16. Male Homosexuality and Spirit Possession in Brazil
  17. Masculinity, Femininity, and Homosexuality: On the Anthropological Interpretation of Sexual Meanings in Brazil
  18. Men and Not-Men: Male Gender-Mixing Statuses and Homosexuality
  19. Why Was the Berdache Ridiculed?
  20. Persistence and Change in the Berdache Tradition Among Contemporary Lakota Indians
  21. BOOK REVIEW Ritualized Homosexuality in Melanesia
  22. ABSTRACTS OF CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
  23. Index

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