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Silverman, Eric Kline.

Masculinity, motherhood, and mockery : psychoanalyzing culture and the Iatmul Naven rite in New Guinea / Eric Kline Silverman. - Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2001. - xiii, 243 p. : ill., map 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-232) and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1 Introduction: The Grotesque and the Moral 1 -- PART 1: COSMIC MASCULINITY -- 2 Food and Floods 15 -- 3 Cosmic Bodies and Mythic Genders 27 -- 4 Human Bodies 47 -- 5 The Architectural Grotesque 64 -- PART 2: SOCIAL MASCULINITY -- 6 A Symbolic Forest of Kin 83 -- 7 Oedipus in the Sepik 1oo -- 8 The Shame of Masculinity 116 -- PART 3: RITUAL MASCULINITY -- 9 Men and the Maternal Dialogics of Naven 133 -- 10 Conclusion: Naven and the Pathos of Masculinity 159 -- Epilogue: Masculinity beyond the Sepik 174 -- Notes 179 -- References 203 -- Index 233.

ISBN: 0472067575 (pbk)

LCCN: 2001000383

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Naven (Iatmul rite)--Papua New Guinea--Tambanum.
Iatmul (Papua New Guinea people)--Rites and ceremonies.
Iatmul (Papua New Guinea people)--Kinship.
Iatmul (Papua New Guinea people)--Psychology.
Women, Iatmul--Social conditions.
Masculinity--Papua New Guinea--Tambanum.
Patrilineal kinship--Papua New Guinea--Tambanum.
Ceremonial exchange--Papua New Guinea--Tambanum.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Tambanum (Papua New Guinea)--Social life and customs.

Dewey Class. No.: 306.0899912 / S587