Add this copy of The Island of Menstruating Men: Religion in Wogeo, New to cart. $12.60, good condition, Sold by Structure, Verses, Agency Book rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Spray, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1970 by Waveland Press.
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Fine. Size: 8vo 8"-9" tall; Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor to moderate wear of covers and text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Stated First Edition Thus, in paperback. From the personal library of a noted Papua New Guinea-based researcher, scholar, activist and teacher, Laura Tamakoshi, who has contributed seminal works and activism on a number of fronts for four decades. A fine ethnography of gender relations and religious beliefs among the Wogeo, first published in 1934. Plentiful illustrations. Go to p. 88 and start there. Compelling ethnographic analysis of menstrual blood taboos, cultural mythology, the spiritual, religion and cultural change. Protege of Bronislau Malinowski, teacher of my teacher, Mervyn Meggitt. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xviii, 1-203 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
