Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations viii
4. Tables x
5. Acknowledgments xi
6. Introduction: Sexuality, the Mehinaku, and Ourselves 1
7. ONE. The Mehinaku and the Sexual Data 10
8. TWO. Mehinaku Men and Women: A Sociology of Marriage, Sex, and Affection 22
9. THREE. Facts of Life and Symbols of Gender 39
10. FOUR. Sexual Relations 52
11. FIVE. Food for Thought: The Symbolism of Sexual Relations and Eating 69
12. SIX. Men's House 92
13. SEVEN. Anxious Pleasures 131
14. EIGHT. Anxious Dreams 152
15. NINE. Tapir Woman: Socialization and Personality Theory 162
16. TEN. Ears, Eclipses, and Menstruating Men: The Feminine Self in Masculine Culture 184
17. ELEVEN. The Universal Male 200
18. References 211
19. Index 217