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| A Note on Language | ||
| Foreword | ||
| Preface to the 1994 edition | ||
| Preface | ||
| Introduction | 1 | |
| 1 | People of the Mountain Forest | 21 |
| 2 | Idioms and Verbal Behavior | 57 |
| 3 | The Inward Cosmos | 71 |
| 4 | Genderizing the Pandanus Tree | 97 |
| 5 | The Phantom Cassowary | 131 |
| 6 | Femininity | 159 |
| 7 | Masculinity | 203 |
| 8 | Male Parthenogenesis: A Myth and Its Meaning | 255 |
| 9 | Conclusion | 295 |
| Appendix A: "Tali Says": On the problem of symbolic meaning and its relationship to field conditions among the Sambia | 327 | |
| Appendix B: Nilutwo's Dreams | 342 | |
| Appendix C: The Myth of Cassowary | 348 | |
| Appendix D: On the Origins of Warfare and Initiation | 351 | |
| Appendix E: The Myth of Gandei | 352 | |
| References | 355 | |
| Name Index | 369 | |
| Subject Index | 373 |
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Joe Wilkinson
reviewed Guardians of the flutes on May 27, 2008
Guardians of the flutes
This book is about the Sambia men in New Guinea. This tribe practices a Rite Of Passage which would really challenge the American perception of Gender roles. In order to be considered a man in the society, each young boy must go through a series of preparations including physical attacks, homosexual activities, and verbal attacks as well. All of these rituals are done in secret, and it is forbidden for women to know about the rite of passage. I think that what was most interesting was the whole concept of masculinity and what it truly means to "be a man". I realized that what we perceive to be right in this country is not necessarily always true to each society.
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