Gender rituals : female initiation in Melanesia /
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New York :
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1995.
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Table of Contents:
- Feminist anthropology and female initiation in Melanesia / Nancy C. Lutkehaus
- Puberty rites, women's naven, and initiation: women's rituals of transition in Abelam and Iatmul culture / Brigitta Hauser-Schäublin
- In the shadow of the Tambaran: female initiation among the Ndu of the Sepik Basin / Paul B. Foscoe
- Achieving womanhood and the achievements of women in Murik society: cult initiation, gender complementarity, and the prestige of women / Kathleen Barlow
- Transforming women: being a becoming in an island Melanesian society / Deane Fergie
- Mythic images and objects of myth in Rauto female puberty ritual / Thomas Maschio
- The Washed and the unwashed: women's life-cycle rituals among the Saniyo-Hiyowe of East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea / Patricia K. Townsend
- Gender metaphors: female rituals as cultural models in Manam / Nancy C. Lutkehaus
- Marriage as the model for a new initiation ritual / Lorraine Sexton
- "Initiation" in cross-cultural perspective / Paul B. Roscoe.
