Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-248) and index
The manhood puzzle. -- Performative excellence: circum-Mediterranean. -- Looking for manhood: Truk Island. -- Performance anxiety: Mehinaku. -- Interlude: other men, other manhoods. -- Markers to manhood: Samburu. -- Rites of manhood: Sambia. -- Action and ambiguity: East and South Asia. -- Exceptions: Tahiti and Semai