Anthropology and homosexual behavior /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Blackwood, Evelyn (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Haworth Press, [1986]
Series:	Research on homosexuality ; v. 12.
Subjects:	Homosexuality > Cross-cultural studies. Sex role > Cross-cultural studies. Sex customs > Cross-cultural studies. Homosexualité > Études transculturelles. Rôle selon le sexe > Études transculturelles. Vie sexuelle > Études transculturelles. Homosexuality. Sex customs. Sex role. Homoseksualiteit. Culturele verschillen. Anthropology, Cultural. Gender Identity. Identification, Psychological. Cross-cultural studies.

Table of Contents:

Breaking the mirror: the construction of lesbianism and the anthropological discourse on homosexuality / Evelyn Blackwood
Age, structure, and sexuality: reflections on the anthropological evidence on homosexual relations / Barry D. Adams
The Hijras of India: cultural and individual dimensions of an institutionalized third gender role / Serena Nanda
Growing yams and men: an interpretation of Kiman male ritualized homosexual behavior / J. Patrick Gray
Sisters and brothers, lovers and enemies: marriage resistance in southern Kwangtung / Andrea Sankar
The lesbian community: an anthropological approach / Denyse Lockard
"Mummies and babies" and friends and lovers in Lesotho / Judith Gay.
Mexican male homosexual interaction in public contexts / Clark L. Taylor
Male homosexuality and spirit possession in Brazil / Peter Fry
Masculinity, femininity, and homosexuality: on the anthropological interpretation of sexual meanings in Brazil / Richard Parker
Men and not-men: male gender-mixing statuses and homosexuality / Charles Callender, Lee M. Kochems
Why was the Berdache ridiculed? / David F. Greenberg
Persistence and change in the Berdache tradition among contemporary Lakota indians / Walter L. Williams.