ABSTRACT
Rituals of Manhood provides some of the most dramatic and richly textured accounts of ritual passages known to anthropologists of the late twentieth century. When in an earlier time anthropologists and sociologists described collective initiation rituals, the political and gender aspects of these practices were seldom underscored. Today, the power relationships of the body and domination, and the social arena of gender politics are widely regarded as critical to the cultural meaning and interpretation.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 3|56 pages
The Ritual Forging of Identity
Aspects of Person and Self in Bimin-Kuskusmin Male Initiation
chapter 7|35 pages
The Father Who Bore Me
The Role of Tsambunwuro during Chambri Initiation Ceremonies
chapter 8|35 pages
Ritual Violence Among the Ilahita Arapesh
The Dynamics of Moral and Religious Uncertainty