Oceanic Homosexualities by Stephen O. Murray

This book emphasizes societies independent of European cultural influence, examines sacred shamanism, mandatory homosexual initiation, Filipino callboys, samurai, contemporary Japanese lesbians, native Hawaiian aristocrats and many other interesting and little-known forms of homosexuality which developed in a wide arc from Madagascar through Australia to Siberia. Essays include: Homosexuality among the Tiwi of North Australia /; Arnold R. Pilling. Semen depletion and the sense of maleness /; Gilbert H. Herdt. The Hwarang of ancient Korea ; Male homosexuality in Japan before the Meiji restoration ; Austronesian gender-defined homosexuality : an introcuction /; Stephen O. Murray. Japanese lesbian life /; Kittredge Cherry.