Same Sex, Different Cultures: Exploring Gay And Lesbian Lives
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| Rating | : | 4.55 (631 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0813331641 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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He is the author of numerous articles and fifteen books, including Guardians of the Flutes: Idioms of Masculinity and Sambia: Ritual and Gender in New Guinea, and coauthor of Children of Horizons: How Gay and Lesbian Youth Are Forging a New Way Out of the Closet.. Gilbert Herdt is professor of human sexuality, professor of anthropology, and director of Human Sexuality Studies Programs at San Francisco State University
--Regina Marler. Drawing on research into sexual initiation rites and "sexual lifeways" from Africa to the American Southwest, Herdt convincingly demonstrates that many cultures "simply lack categories or general concepts that cover the meanings of the contemporary notion of the homosexual." The Sambia people of New Guinea, for instance, whom Herdt studied for several years, consider a lengthy period of male sexual interaction to be a vital (in fact, mandatory) initiation into manhood, but have no words for a life devoted to a same-sex partner. Although Herdt had explained his own life choices to them many times, his Sambian friends persisted in trying to arrange marriages for him, "feeling sorry" that he had no wife or children. Rich in anecdotes, Herdt's book provides fuel for ongoing dinner party disputes over the nature/nu
Five Stars Jennifer It's a very interesting read to understand more about other cultures and homosexuality, if they even consider it this.. Challenging and insightful John Rice Gilbert Herdt is an anthropologist who has studied sexual lifeways in a number of cultures. In this book he explores how homosexual lifeways in different cultures are constructed. Outside of western civilization the idea of a homosexual orientation does not appear in the consciousness of these cultures. Yet there are activities that look to the western mindas being blatantly homosexual. The difference as Herdt tries to point out is that they constitute an integral part of a society. These lifeways are present for a time or during part of a male's life and have a specific social purpose.Briefly he reviews how the we. "As you like it." according to SEBASTIANVS. Although this is a very interesting and readable book, I prefer to read a more comprehensive researched volume. We can hardly find the new knowledge in the book. In addition, ther are several mistakes or misunderstandings ; e.g. in p.72-7As you like it. Although this is a very interesting and readable book, I prefer to read a more comprehensive researched volume. We can hardly find the new knowledge in the book. In addition, ther are several mistakes or misunderstandings ; e.g. in p.72-73 the author wrote "flower boys of Silla is notable from the Yin dynasty Korea". If you like to read one more book about "same sex" relationship, you may choose the item, as you like it.. the author wrote "flower boys of Silla is notable from the Yin dynasty Korea". If you like to read one more book about "same sex" relationship, you may choose the item, as you like it.
culture, including Native Americans. Finally, it offers knowledge of the existence of persons who have loved and have been intimate sexually and romantically with the same gender in other lands through divergent cultural practices and social roles.The most important lesson to learn from this cross-cultural and historical study of homosexuality is that there is room for many at the table of humankind.. Accurate in both its scientific conceptions and wealth of cultural and historical material, examples range from the ancient Greeks and feudal China and Japan to the developing countries of Africa, India, Mexico, Brazil, and Thailand, from a New Guinea society to contemporary U.S. For all of these peoples, homoerotic relations emerge as part of cultureand not separate from history or society.In many of these groups, loving or engaging in sexual relations is found to be the very basis of the local cultural theory of human nature” and the mythological basis for the cosmos and the creation of society. This new cross-cultural study of gays, lesbians, and bisexuals around the world, Same Sex, Different Cultures provides a unique perspective on maturing and living within societies, both historical and contemporary, that not only acknowledge but also incorporate same-gender desires and relations.Examining what it means to organize sex” in a society that lacks a category for sex,” or to love someone of the same gender when society does not h