Wayward women : sexuality and agency in a New Guinea society / Holly Wardlow.
By: Wardlow Holly
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BookPublisher: Berkeley : University of Carlifornia Press, 2006Description: xi, 284p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0520245601 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Women, Huli -- Sexual behavior -- Papua New Guinea -- Tari District | Women, Huli -- Social conditions. -- Papua New Guinea -- Tari District | Women, Huli -- Economic conditions. -- Papua New Guinea -- Tari District | Bride price -- Papua New Guinea -- Tari District | Courtship -- Papua New Guinea -- Tari District | Tari District (Papua New Guinea) -- Social conditions | Tari District (Papua New Guinea) -- Economic conditionsDDC classification: 305.4099561 | Item type | Current location | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| PR 305.4099 W872 Women in development in the South Pacific : | PR 305.40993 S899 The gender of the gift : | PR 305.409953 M478 Two women, two worlds : | PR 305.4099561 W266 Wayward women : | PR 305.420953 T944 Views from interviews : | PR 305.42099 R438 Rethinking women's roles : | PR 305.4209953 G325 Gender analysis in Papua New Guinea / |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-272) and index.
Introduction -- "Tari is a jelas place" : the fieldwork setting -- "To finish my anger" : body and agency among Huli women -- "I am not the daughter of a pig!" : the changing dynamics of bridewealth -- "You, I don't even count you" : becoming a pasinja meri -- "Eating her own vagina" : passenger women and sexuality -- "When the pig and the bamboo knife are ready" : the Huli dawe anda -- Conclusion.
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