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Sexuality, Family Planning and Religion in Papua New Guinea: Reproductive Governance and Catholicism in the Lihir Islands
The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology ( IF 0.980 ) Pub Date : 2019-07-15 , DOI: 10.1080/14442213.2019.1638445
Susan R. Hemer

This paper explores the complex and dynamic relationship between religion, sexuality and health in the particular context of the Lihir Islands in Papua New Guinea. Through the teachings of Catholicism in Lihir, a version of human sexuality and relationships is promoted that assumes lifelong monogamy, heterosexuality and restraint of sexual desire to ensure safe reproduction and sexuality. Techniques of governance shape reproductive practices in accord with this moral regime. This paper seeks to analyse how Lihirians manage the gap between this idealised model for human sexuality, and their everyday lives. I argue that while Catholicism shapes the moral regime, Lihirians exercise their moral agency, strategically responding to the particular circumstances of their lives in making reproductive decisions.



中文翻译:

巴布亚新几内亚的性,计划生育和宗教:利希尔群岛的生殖治理和天主教

本文探讨了巴布亚新几内亚利希尔群岛在特定背景下宗教,性与健康之间复杂而动态的关系。通过利希尔(Lihir)的天主教教义,人们倡导了一种人类性欲和人际关系的版本,假设一生一夫一妻制,异性恋和性欲约束,以确保安全的生殖和性生活。治理技术塑造了符合这种道德制度的生殖实践。本文旨在分析利希里亚人如何处理这种理想的人类性行为模型与日常生活之间的鸿沟。我认为,在天主教塑造道德制度的同时,利希里亚人行使其道德权威,在做出生殖决策时从战略上回应生活中的特殊情况。

更新日期:2019-07-15
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