Wayward Women: Sexuality and Agency in a New Guinea Society

by Holly Wardlow

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0520245601

ISBN13:9780520245600

Release Date:May 2006

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:296 Pages

Weight:0.94 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Related Subjects

Anthropology Asia Australia Australia & New Zealand Australia & Oceania Cultural Gay & Lesbian Gender Studies History New Zealand Papua New Guinea Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Women in History Women's Studies

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