ABSTRACT Through a study of love magic, this paper examines the ways in which sexual desire is culturally mediated among the Lelet of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. The Lelet regulate sexuality heavily through what Foucault refers to as ‘prescriptive discourses’ which severely constrain expressions of sexuality, especially for women, who are construed as properly lacking sexual desire. While women are readily the object of men’s desire, men are not readily the object of women’s desire. Despite passionlessness being the ideal for women, men turn to love magic as a means of cultivating sexual desire in them.

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性欲的产生：巴布亚新几内亚的爱情魔法、性与能动性

摘要 通过对爱情魔法的研究，本文考察了巴布亚新几内亚新爱尔兰莱莱特人在文化上调节性欲的方式。Lelet 通过福柯所说的“规定性话语”对性进行了严格的规范，这些话语严重限制了性的表达，尤其是对被认为缺乏性欲的女性而言。女人容易成为男人的欲望对象，而男人却不容易成为女人的欲望对象。尽管无情是女性的理想选择，但男性却将魔法作为培养性欲的一种手段。