Masculinity, motherhood, and mockery : psychoanalyzing culture and the Iatmul Naven rite in New Guinea / Eric Kline Silverman.
By: Silverman, Eric Kline
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BookPublisher: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2001Description: xiii, 243 p. : ill., map 24 cm.ISBN: 0472067575 (pbk).Subject(s): Naven (Iatmul rite) -- Papua New Guinea -- Tambanum | Iatmul (Papua New Guinea people) -- Rites and ceremonies | Iatmul (Papua New Guinea people) -- Kinship | Iatmul (Papua New Guinea people) -- Psychology | Women, Iatmul -- Social conditions | Masculinity -- Papua New Guinea -- Tambanum | Patrilineal kinship -- Papua New Guinea -- Tambanum | Ceremonial exchange -- Papua New Guinea -- Tambanum | Tambanum (Papua New Guinea) -- Social life and customsDDC classification: 306.0899912 Online resources: Publisher description | Table of contents | Item type | Current location | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Matheson Library | Matheson Library | PNG Reference | PNG Collection | PR 306.0899912 S587 (Browse shelf) | Available | 152563 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-232) and index.
Machine generated contents note: 1 Introduction: The Grotesque and the Moral 1 -- PART 1: COSMIC MASCULINITY -- 2 Food and Floods 15 -- 3 Cosmic Bodies and Mythic Genders 27 -- 4 Human Bodies 47 -- 5 The Architectural Grotesque 64 -- PART 2: SOCIAL MASCULINITY -- 6 A Symbolic Forest of Kin 83 -- 7 Oedipus in the Sepik 1oo -- 8 The Shame of Masculinity 116 -- PART 3: RITUAL MASCULINITY -- 9 Men and the Maternal Dialogics of Naven 133 -- 10 Conclusion: Naven and the Pathos of Masculinity 159 -- Epilogue: Masculinity beyond the Sepik 174 -- Notes 179 -- References 203 -- Index 233.
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