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Sexuality, Gender Studies, Australian & Oceanic Studies, Socio-Cultural Anthropology
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Guardians of the Flutes

by Herdt Gilbert H.
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Overview

This unique study of boy-inseminating rituals among the Sambia of New Guinea challenges our deepest assumptions about the role of culture in understanding homosexuality and gender-identity development.

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Book Details

Published
January 1, 1981
Publisher
New York : McGraw-Hill, c1981.
Pages
382
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780070283152

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