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Religion and sexuality in cross-cultural perspective
Title:
Religion and sexuality in cross-cultural perspective
Author:
Ellingson, Stephen, 1962-
Publication Information:
New York : Routledge, [2002]

©2002
Physical Description:
vi, 263 pages ; 23 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
Cultural production and reproductive issues : the significance of the charismatic movement in Nigeria / Tola Olu Pearce -- Sex, rhetoric and ontology : fecundism as an ethical problem / William R. LaFleur -- The mythology of the masquerading post-menopausal woman / Wendy Doniger -- Beyond binary categories : mesoamerican religious sexuality / Sylvia Marcos -- The hijras : an alternative gender in Indian culture / Serena Nanda -- Mimesis in the face of fear : femme queens, butch queens, and gender play in the houses of greater Newark / Karen McCarthy Brown -- Tacit containment : social value, embodiment and gender practice in northern Sudan / Janice Boddy -- Millennial capitalism, occult economies and the crisis of reproduction in South Africa : futher notes from the postcolony / Jean and John L. Comaroff.
ISBN:
9780415941273

9780415941280
Format :
Book