Celibacy, culture, and society the anthropology of sexual abstinence.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Madison (Wis.) University of Wisconsin press 2001Description: X, 274 pContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0-299-17160-4
  • 0-299-17164-7
Subject(s): Abstract: Cross-cultural inquiry into the practice of celibacy around the world and through the ages, among groups as diverse as Kenyan villagers and US prisoners, Mazatec Shamans and Buddhist nuns and monks, Shaker church members and anorexic women. (Book jacket)
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Cross-cultural inquiry into the practice of celibacy around the world and through the ages, among groups as diverse as Kenyan villagers and US prisoners, Mazatec Shamans and Buddhist nuns and monks, Shaker church members and anorexic women. (Book jacket)