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  • 1
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    Wayward women : sexuality and agency in a New Guinea society (2006)
    Berkeley : University of California Press
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    ISBN: 0520245601 , 0520245598
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xi, 284 p)
    Edition: Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Parallel Title: Print version Wayward Women : Sexuality and Agency in a New Guinea Society
    DDC: 305.409956/1
    RVK:
    LB 44692
    Keywords: Women, Huli Sexual behavior ; Bride price ; Courtship ; Women, Huli Social conditions ; Women, Huli Economic conditions ; Bride price ; Papua New Guinea ; Tari District ; Courtship ; Papua New Guinea ; Tari District ; Tari District (Papua New Guinea) ; Economic conditions ; Tari District (Papua New Guinea) ; Social conditions ; Women, Huli ; Papua New Guinea ; Tari District ; Economic conditions ; Women, Huli ; Papua New Guinea ; Tari District ; Social conditions ; Women, Huli ; Sexual behavior ; Papua New Guinea ; Tari District ; Electronic books ; Tari District (Papua New Guinea) Economic conditions ; Tari District (Papua New Guinea) Social conditions
    Abstract: Written with uncommon grace and clarity, this extremely engaging ethnography analyzes female agency, gendered violence, and transactional sex in contemporary Papua New Guinea. Focusing on Huli "passenger women," (women who accept money for sex) Wayward Women explores the socio-economic factors that push women into the practice of transactional sex, and asks how these transactions might be an expression of resistance, or even revenge. Challenging conventional understandings of "prostitution" and "sex work," Holly Wardlow contextualizes the actions and intentions of passenger women in a rich ana
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. ""Tari is a jelas place"": The Fieldwork Setting; 2. ""To Finish my anger"": Body and Agency among Huli Women; 3. ""I am not the daughter of a pig!"": The Changing Dynamics of Bridewealth; 4. ""You, I don't even count you"": Becoming a Pasinja Meri; 5. ""Eating her own vagina"": Passenger Women and Sexuality; 6. ""When the pig and the bamboo knife are ready"": The Huli Dave Anda; Conclusion; Notes; Reference; Index
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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  • 2
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    Wayward women : sexuality and agency in a New Guinea society (2006)
    Berkeley : University of California Press
    Details
    ISBN: 9780520938977 , 0520938976 , 1423755529 , 9781423755524
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (1 v.)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Parallel Title: Print version Wayward women
    DDC: 305.4099561
    Keywords: 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 ; Women, Huli Sexual behavior ; Women, Huli Social conditions ; Women, Huli Economic conditions ; Bride price ; Courtship ; Bride price ; Courtship ; Women, Huli Economic conditions ; Women, Huli Sexual behavior ; Women, Huli Social conditions ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; Bride price ; Courtship ; Economic history ; Social conditions ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Women's Studies ; Tari District (Papua New Guinea) Social conditions ; Tari District (Papua New Guinea) Economic conditions ; Tari District (Papua New Guinea) Social conditions ; Tari District (Papua New Guinea) Economic conditions ; Tari District (Papua New Guinea) Social conditions ; Tari District (Papua New Guinea) Economic conditions ; Papua New Guinea ; Tari District ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Analyzes female agency, gendered violence, and transactional sex in contemporary Papua New Guinea. Focusing on Huli "passenger women," this work explores the socio-economic factors that push women into the practice of transactional sex, and asks how these transactions might be an expression of resistance, or even revenge
    Description / 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.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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    Fencing in AIDS : Gender, Vulnerability, and Care in Papua New Guinea (Edition 1) (2020)
    [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] : University of California Press
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Keywords: Women's health ; Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography ; Coping with illness & specific conditions
    Abstract: A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. In this vitally important book, medical anthropologist Holly Wardlow takes readers through a ten-year history of the AIDS epidemic in Tari, Papua New Guinea, focusing on the political and economic factors that make women vulnerable to HIV and on their experiences with antiretroviral therapy. Alive with the women’s stories about being trafficked to gold mines, resisting polygynous marriages, and struggling to be perceived as morally upright, Fencing in AIDS demonstrates that being female shapes every aspect of the AIDS epidemic. Offering crucial insights into the anthropologies of mining, ethics, and gender, this is essential reading for scholars and professionals addressing the global AIDS crisis today
    Note: English
    URL: kostenfrei
    URL: kostenfrei
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    Fencing in AIDS : Gender, Vulnerability, and Care in Papua New Guinea (Edition 1) (2020)
    [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] : University of California Press
    Details
    ISBN: 9780520975941
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Keywords: Women's health ; Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography ; Coping with illness & specific conditions
    Abstract: A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. In this vitally important book, medical anthropologist Holly Wardlow takes readers through a ten-year history of the AIDS epidemic in Tari, Papua New Guinea, focusing on the political and economic factors that make women vulnerable to HIV and on their experiences with antiretroviral therapy. Alive with the women’s stories about being trafficked to gold mines, resisting polygynous marriages, and struggling to be perceived as morally upright, Fencing in AIDS demonstrates that being female shapes every aspect of the AIDS epidemic. Offering crucial insights into the anthropologies of mining, ethics, and gender, this is essential reading for scholars and professionals addressing the global AIDS crisis today
    Note: English
    URL: kostenfrei
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    Wayward women : sexuality and agency in a New Guinea society (2006)
    Berkeley, Calif. [u.a.] : Univ. of California Pr.
    Details
    ISBN: 0520245598 , 0520245601
    Language: English
    Pages: XI, 284 S. , Ill., Kt. , 23cm
    DDC: 305.4099561
    RVK:
    LB 44692
    Keywords: Women, Huli Sexual behavior ; Women, Huli Social conditions ; Women, Huli Economic conditions ; Bride price ; Courtship ; Tari District (Papua New Guinea) Social conditions ; Papua-Neuguinea 〈Süd〉 ; Huli ; Frau ; Sexualverhalten ; Soziale Situation
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
    URL: Table of contents only
    URL: Contributor biographical information
    URL: Publisher description
    URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis
    URL: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0623/2005028155-b.html
    URL: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0623/2005028155-d.html
    URL: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0623/2005028155-b.html
    URL: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0623/2005028155-d.html
    URL: Table of contents only
    URL: Contributor biographical information
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    URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis
    URL: Table of contents only
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    URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis
    URL: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0623/2005028155-b.html
    URL: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0623/2005028155-d.html
    URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis
    URL: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0623/2005028155-b.html
    URL: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0623/2005028155-d.html
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