Wayward women : sexuality and agency in a New Guinea society /

Wayward women : sexuality and agency in a New Guinea society /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wardlow Holly
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of Carlifornia Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Women, Huli > Sexual behavior > Papua New Guinea > Tari District.
Women, Huli > Social conditions. > Papua New Guinea > Tari District.
Women, Huli > Economic conditions. > Papua New Guinea > Tari District.
Bride price > Papua New Guinea > Tari District.
Courtship > Papua New Guinea > Tari District.
Tari District (Papua New Guinea) > Social conditions.
Tari District (Papua New Guinea) > Economic conditions.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • "Tari is a jelas place" : the fieldwork setting
  • "To finish my anger" : body and agency among Huli women
  • "I am not the daughter of a pig!" : the changing dynamics of bridewealth
  • "You, I don't even count you" : becoming a pasinja meri
  • "Eating her own vagina" : passenger women and sexuality
  • "When the pig and the bamboo knife are ready" : the Huli dawe anda
  • Conclusion.

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