The Many Faces of Homosexuality: Anthropological Approaches to Homosexual Behavior

by Evelyn Blackwood

Overview

This groundbreaking book examines the diverse manifestations of homosexuality in various historical periods and non-Western cultures. The distinguished authors examine Kimam male ritualized homosexual behavior, Mexican homosexual interaction in public contexts, male homosexuality and spirit possession in Brazil, and much more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780866564205
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/01/1986
Series:	Research on Homosexuality Series , #12
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	5.81(w) x 8.25(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Contents Preface

• Foreword
• Breaking the Mirror: The Construction of Lesbianism and the Anthropological Discourse on Homosexuality
• Age, Structure, and Sexuality: Reflections on the Anthropological Evidence on Homosexual Relations
• The Hijras of India: Cultural and Individual Dimensions of an Institutionalized Third Gender Role
• Growing Yams and Men: An Interpretation of Kimam Male Ritualized Homosexual Behavior
• Sisters and Brothers, Lovers and Enemies: Marriage Resistance in Southern Kwangtung
• The Lesbian Community: An Anthropological Approach
• “Mummies and Babies” and Friends and Lovers in Lesotho
• Mexican Male Homosexual Interaction in Public Contexts
• Male Homosexuality and Spirit Possession in Brazil
• Masculinity, Femininity, and Homosexuality: On the Anthropological Interpretation of Sexual Meanings in Brazil
• Men and Not-Men: Male Gender-Mixing Statuses and Homosexuality
• Why Was the Berdache Ridiculed?
• Persistence and Change in the Berdache Tradition Among Contemporary Lakota Indians