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Taboo looks at the ethnographer and sexuality in anthropological fieldwork and considers the many roles that sexuality plays in the anthropological production of knowledge and texts. How does the sexual identity that anthropologists have in their "home" society affect the kind of sexuality they are allowed to express in other cultures? How is the anthropologists' sexuality perceived by the people with whom he or she does research? How common is sexual violence and intimidation in the field and why is its existence virtually unmentioned in anthropology? These are but a few of the questions to be confronted, exploring from differing perspectives the depth of the influence this tabooed topic has on the entire practice and production of anthropology. A long-overdue text for all students and lecturers of anthropology, many post-fieldwork readers will find a resonance of issues they have previously faced (or tried to avoid) and those who are still to undertake fieldwork will find articles that refer to other kinds of personal and professional experience as well as providing invaluable preparations for coping in the field.
How does the sexual identity that anthropologists have in their
"home" society affect the kind of sexuality they are allowed to
express in other cultures? "Taboo" looks at the ethnographer and
sexuality in anthropological fieldwork and considers the many roles
that sexuality plays in the anthropological production of knowledge
and texts.
"Taboo" looks at how the anthropologist's sexuality is perceived
by the people with whom he or she does research. It looks at the
frequency of sexual violence and intimidation in the field and why
its existence is virtually unmentioned in anthropology. Other
issues, including same-sex relationships, seduction and eroticism
in the field, and traditional sex roles, are confronted. This
lively book explores the influence this tabooed topic has had on
the entire practice and production of anthropology. Both the
seasoned anthropologist and those about to undertake fieldwork will
find that "Taboo" contains engrossing articles on the types of
personal and professional experiences which make up sexual life in
the field.
Tayap is a small, previously undocumented Papuan language, spoken
in a single village called Gapun, in the lower Sepik River region
of Papua New Guinea. The language is an isolate, unrelated to any
other in the area. Furthermore, Tayap is dying. Fewer than fifty
speakers actively command it today. Based on linguistic
anthropological work conducted over the course of thirty years,
this book describes the grammar of the language, detailing its
phonology, morphology and syntax. It devotes particular attention
to verbs, which are the most elaborated area of the grammar, and
which are complex, fusional and massively suppletive.The book also
provides a full Tayap-English-Tok Pisin dictionary. A particularly
innovative contribution is the detailed discussions of how Tayap''s
grammar is dissolving in the language of young speakers. The book
exemplifies how the complex structures in fluent speakers' Tayap
are reduced or reanalyzed by younger speakers. This grammar and
dictionary should therefore be a valuable resource for anyone
interested in the mechanics of how languages disappear. The fact
that it is the sole documentation of this unique Papuan language
should also make it of interest to areal specialists and language
typologists.
Tayap is a small, previously undocumented Papuan language, spoken
in a single village called Gapun, in the lower Sepik River region
of Papua New Guinea. The language is an isolate, unrelated to any
other in the area. Furthermore, Tayap is dying. Fewer than fifty
speakers actively command it today. Based on linguistic
anthropological work conducted over the course of thirty years,
this book describes the grammar of the language, detailing its
phonology, morphology and syntax. It devotes particular attention
to verbs, which are the most elaborated area of the grammar, and
which are complex, fusional and massively suppletive.The book also
provides a full Tayap-English-Tok Pisin dictionary. A particularly
innovative contribution is the detailed discussions of how Tayap''s
grammar is dissolving in the language of young speakers. The book
exemplifies how the complex structures in fluent speakers' Tayap
are reduced or reanalyzed by younger speakers. This grammar and
dictionary should therefore be a valuable resource for anyone
interested in the mechanics of how languages disappear. The fact
that it is the sole documentation of this unique Papuan language
should also make it of interest to areal specialists and language
typologists.
Few people these days would oppose making the public realm of
space, social services and jobs accessible to women and men with
disabilities. But what about access to the private realm of desire
and sexuality? How can one also facilitate access to that, in ways
that respect the integrity of disabled adults, and also of those
people who work with and care for them? Loneliness and Its Opposite
documents how two countries generally imagined to be progressive
engage with these questions in very different ways. Denmark and
Sweden are both liberal welfare states, but they diverge
dramatically when it comes to sexuality and disability. In Denmark,
the erotic lives of people with disabilities are acknowledged and
facilitated. In Sweden, they are denied and blocked. Why do these
differences exist, and how do both facilitation and hindrance play
out in practice? Loneliness and Its Opposite charts complex
boundaries between private and public, love and sex, work and
intimacy, and affection and abuse. It shows how providing disabled
adults with access to sexual lives is not just crucial for a life
with dignity. It is an issue of fundamental social justice with far
reaching consequences for everyone.
The Language and Sexuality Reader is the first collection to bring
together historical and contemporary writings from a range of
academic disciplines to explore the connections between sex as a
domain of human experience and the language we use to speak and
write about it. The topics addressed by contributors include gay
slang and gay speech styles; the language of drag performances,
personal ads, Nepali love letters and Japanese schoolgirl fiction;
what counts as 'having sex' and whether 'marriage' has to be
heterosexual by definition; the communication of sexual desire,
consent and refusal; and how heterosexuals reveal themselves in
ordinary conversation.
Bringing together material from fields including anthropology,
communication studies, linguistics, medicine and psychology, the
text begins by guiding students through early work in the field,
which focused on homosexual language-use and its difference from
the heterosexual mainstream. The second part of the reader widens
the focus: moving away from the generic labels 'homosexual' and
'heterosexual', it explores the diversity of linguistic and sexual
practices as documented and debated among scholars from the
mid-1990s to the present.
Organised in thematic sections, the Reader addresses
- The origins and development of language and sexuality research
from the 1940s to the 1980s
- The use people make of language to perform sexuality and sexual
identity
- How language reflects, reinforces or challenges norms defining
what is 'natural' and desirable in the sphere of sex
- The verbal communication of sexual desire
Few people these days would oppose making the public realm of
space, social services and jobs accessible to women and men with
disabilities. But what about access to the private realm of desire
and sexuality? How can one also facilitate access to that, in ways
that respect the integrity of disabled adults, and also of those
people who work with and care for them? Loneliness and Its Opposite
documents how two countries generally imagined to be progressive
engage with these questions in very different ways. Denmark and
Sweden are both liberal welfare states, but they diverge
dramatically when it comes to sexuality and disability. In Denmark,
the erotic lives of people with disabilities are acknowledged and
facilitated. In Sweden, they are denied and blocked. Why do these
differences exist, and how do both facilitation and hindrance play
out in practice? Loneliness and Its Opposite charts complex
boundaries between private and public, love and sex, work and
intimacy, and affection and abuse. It shows how providing disabled
adults with access to sexual lives is not just crucial for a life
with dignity. It is an issue of fundamental social justice with far
reaching consequences for everyone.
The Language and Sexuality Reader is the first collection to bring
together historical and contemporary writings from a range of
academic disciplines to explore the connections between sex as a
domain of human experience and the language we use to speak and
write about it. The topics addressed by contributors include gay
slang and gay speech styles; the language of drag performances,
personal ads, Nepali love letters and Japanese schoolgirl fiction;
what counts as 'having sex' and whether 'marriage' has to be
heterosexual by definition; the communication of sexual desire,
consent and refusal; and how heterosexuals reveal themselves in
ordinary conversation.
Bringing together material from fields including anthropology,
communication studies, linguistics, medicine and psychology, the
text begins by guiding students through early work in the field,
which focused on homosexual language-use and its difference from
the heterosexual mainstream. The second part of the reader widens
the focus: moving away from the generic labels 'homosexual' and
'heterosexual', it explores the diversity of linguistic and sexual
practices as documented and debated among scholars from the
mid-1990s to the present.
Organised in thematic sections, the Reader addresses
- The origins and development of language and sexuality research
from the 1940s to the 1980s
- The use people make of language to perform sexuality and sexual
identity
- How language reflects, reinforces or challenges norms defining
what is 'natural' and desirable in the sphere of sex
- The verbal communication of sexual desire
In this dramatic and compelling narrative, anthropologist Don
Kulick follows the lives of a group of transgendered prostitutes
(called "travestis" in Portuguese) in the Brazilian city Salvador.
"Travestis" are males who, often beginning at ages as young as ten,
adopt female names, clothing styles, hairstyles, and linguistic
pronouns. More dramatically, they ingest massive doses of female
hormones and inject up to twenty liters of industrial silicone into
their bodies to create breasts, wide hips, and large thighs and
buttocks. Despite such irreversible physiological changes,
virtually no "travesti" identifies herself as a woman. Moreover,
"travestis" regard any male who does so as mentally disturbed.
Kulick analyzes the various ways "travestis" modify their bodies,
explores the motivations that lead them to choose this particular
gendered identity, and examines the complex relationships that they
maintain with one another, their boyfriends, and their families.
Kulick also looks at how "travestis" earn their living through
prostitution and discusses the reasons prostitution, for most
"travestis, " is a positive and affirmative experience.
Arguing that transgenderism never occurs in a "natural" or
arbitrary form, Kulick shows how it is created in specific social
contexts and assumes specific social forms. Furthermore, Kulick
suggests that "travestis"--far from deviating from normative
gendered expectations--may in fact distill and perfect the messages
that give meaning to gender throughout Brazilian society and
possibly throughout much of Latin America.
Through Kulick's engaging voice and sharp analysis, this elegantly
rendered account is not only a landmark study in its discipline but
also a fascinating read for anyone interested in sexuality and
gender.
This accessible book looks at how we talk about sex and why we talk about it the way we do. Drawing on examples that range from personal ads to phone sex, sado-masochistic scenes to sexual assault trials, this work provides a clear introduction to the relationship between language and sexuality. Using a broad definition of "sexuality", it encompasses not only issues surrounding sexual orientation and identity, but also questions about the discursive construction of sexuality and the verbal expression of erotic desire.
Language Shift and Cultural Reproduction, first published in 1992,
is a fascinating anthropological study of language and cultural
change among the villagers of Gapun, in the Sepik region of Papua
New Guinea. Despite their strong attachment to their own language
as a source of identity and as a tie to their lands, people are
abandoning their vernacular in favour of Tok Pisin, the most widely
spoken language in Papua New Guinea. By examining village language
socialization practices and drawing on Marshall Sahlins's ideas
about structure and event, Don Kulick reveals how daily
interactions, attitudes towards language, children, change, and
personhood, all contribute to a shift in language and culture that
is beyond the villagers' understanding and control. This is the
first detailed documention of the process of language shift. It
places linguistic change within an interpretive framework, and
treats language as a symbolic system that affects, and is affected
by, the thoughts and actions of everyday life.
This accessible book looks at how we talk about sex and why we talk about it the way we do. Drawing on examples that range from personal ads to phone sex, sado-masochistic scenes to sexual assault trials, this work provides a clear introduction to the relationship between language and sexuality. Using a broad definition of "sexuality", it encompasses not only issues surrounding sexual orientation and identity, but also questions about the discursive construction of sexuality and the verbal expression of erotic desire.
In this dramatic and compelling narrative, anthropologist Don
Kulick follows the lives of a group of transgendered prostitutes
(called "travestis" in Portuguese) in the Brazilian city Salvador.
"Travestis" are males who, often beginning at ages as young as ten,
adopt female names, clothing styles, hairstyles, and linguistic
pronouns. More dramatically, they ingest massive doses of female
hormones and inject up to twenty liters of industrial silicone into
their bodies to create breasts, wide hips, and large thighs and
buttocks. Despite such irreversible physiological changes,
virtually no "travesti" identifies herself as a woman. Moreover,
"travestis" regard any male who does so as mentally disturbed.
Kulick analyzes the various ways "travestis" modify their bodies,
explores the motivations that lead them to choose this particular
gendered identity, and examines the complex relationships that they
maintain with one another, their boyfriends, and their families.
Kulick also looks at how "travestis" earn their living through
prostitution and discusses the reasons prostitution, for most
"travestis," is a positive and affirmative experience.
Arguing that transgenderism never occurs in a "natural" or
arbitrary form, Kulick shows how it is created in specific social
contexts and assumes specific social forms. Furthermore, Kulick
suggests that "travestis"--far from deviating from normative
gendered expectations--may in fact distill and perfect the messages
that give meaning to gender throughout Brazilian society and
possibly throughout much of Latin America.
Through Kulick's engaging voice and sharp analysis, this elegantly
rendered account is not only a landmark study in itsdiscipline but
also a fascinating read for anyone interested in sexuality and
gender.
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