Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. 1. Comparing Gender in Amazonia and Melanesia: A Theoretical Orientation 1
5. 2. Two Forms of Masculine Ritualized Rebirth: The Melanesian Body and the Amazonian Cosmos 17
6. 3. The Variety of Fertility Cultism in Amazonia: A Closer Look at Gender Symbolism in Northwestern Amazonia 45
7. 4. Reproducing Inequality: The Gender Politics of Male Cults in the Papua New Guinea Highlands and Amazonia 69
8. 5. The Genres of Gender: Local Models and Global Paradigms in the Comparison of Amazonia and Melanesia 91
9. 6. Age-Based Genders among the Kayapo 115
10. 7. Women’s Blood, Warriors’ Blood, and the Conquest of Vitality in Amazonia 141
11. 8. Damming the Rivers of Milk? Fertility, Sexuality, and Modernity in Melanesia and Amazonia 175
12. 9. Worlds Overturned: Gender-Inflected Religious Movements in Melanesia and the Amazon 207
13. 10. Same-Sex and Cross-Sex Relations: Some Internal Comparisons 221
14. 11. The Gender of Some Amazonian Gifts: An Experiment with an Experiment 245
15. 12. “Strength” and Sexuality: Sexual Avoidance and Masculinity in New Guinea and Amazonia 279
16. 13. The Anguish of Gender: Men’s Cults and Moral Contradiction in Amazonia and Melanesia 309
17. 14. Reflections on the Land of Melazonia 337
18. References 345
19. Contributors 377
20. Name Index 381
21. Subject Index 387