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Puberty to marriage: a study of the sexual life of the native of Wogeo, New Guinea

Oceania16 (3)Published In 1946 • Pages: 185-209 , plate

By: Hogbin, Herbert Ian.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article contains the author's observations of the sexual life of the Wogeo. The native attitude toward sex, the acquisition of sexual knowledge among the children and adolescents, premarital and extramarital sexual relations, bond-friendship and its role in arranging liaisons, the concept of erotic beauty, theories regarding conception and pregnancy, sexual themes in myths and daily conversation, illegitimacy, perversion, and incest are among the topics covered in this source.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Ornament
Friendships
Ingroup antagonisms
Sexual stimulation
Kinship regulation of sex
Premarital sex relations
Illegitimacy
Sex training
Adolescent activities
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Wogeo
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2014
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Oceania
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Melanesia
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
article
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Robert Lee ; 1959
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1934
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1934
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Vokeo Island, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
NotesAdditional notes
By H. Ian Hogbin
Includes bibliographical references
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
38017490
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Vokeo Island (Papua New Guinea)