Title Women as unseen characters : male ritual in Papua New Guinea / edited by Pascale Bonnemère

Published Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2004] ©2004

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Description vi, 254 pages : map ; 24 cm Series Social anthropology in Oceania Social anthropology in Oceania. Contents Introduction : the presence of women in New Guinea secret male rituals : from ritual space to ritual process -- 1. Sambia women's positionality and men's rituals / Gilbert Herdt -- 2. Embodiments of detachment : engendering agency in the highlands of Papua New Guinea / Sandra C. Bamford -- 3. When women enter the picture : looking at Anga initiations from the mothers' angle / Pascale Bonnemere -- 4. Ujawe : the ritual transformation of sons and mothers / Marta A. Rohatynskyj -- 5. The bachelors and their spirit wife : interpreting the Omatisia ritual of Porgera and Paiela / Aletta Biersack -- 6. Cults, closures, collaborations / Andrew Strathern and Pamela J. Stewart -- 7. The variability of women's "involvement" in Anga male initiations / Pierre Lemonnier -- 8. Of human and spirit women : from mother to seductress to second wife / Polly Wiessner -- 9. Relating to women : female presence in Melanesian "male cults" / Bruce M. Knauft Analysis Puberty rites - Papua New Guinea - Eastern Highlands Province Kukukuku (Papua New Guinea people) - Rites and ceremonies Eastern Highlands Province (Papua New Guinea) - Social life and customs Secret societies - Papua New Guinea - Eastern Highlands Province Sambia (Papua New Guinean people) - Rites and ceremonies Rites and ceremonies - Eastern Highlands Province (Papua New Guinea) Mothers and sons - Eastern Highlands Province (Papua New Guinea) Notes Formerly CIP. Uk Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-234) and index Subject Women, Hamtai -- Attitudes. Hamtai (Papua New Guinean people) -- Rites and ceremonies. Women, Hamtai -- Social conditions. Sambia (Papua New Guinean people) -- Rites and ceremonies. Women, Hamtai. Women, Sambia. Women, Sambia -- Social conditions. Women, Sambia -- Attitudes. Initiation rites -- Papua New Guinea -- Eastern Highlands Province. Puberty rites -- Papua New Guinea -- Eastern Highlands Province. Secret societies -- Papua New Guinea -- Eastern Highlands Province. SUBJECT Eastern Highlands Province (Papua New Guinea) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88095348 -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851 Author Bonnemere, Pascale. LC no. 2004041298 ISBN 0812237897 cloth alkaline paper

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