Cultural alternatives and a feminist anthropology : an analysis of culturally constructed gender interests in Papua New Guinea
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Cultural alternatives and a feminist anthropology : an analysis of culturally constructed gender interests in Papua New Guinea
Cambridge University Press, 1987
- : hard
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Bibliography: p. 173-180
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The Chambri of Papua New Guinea are well known as being the 'Tchambuli' of Margaret Mead's influential work, Sex and Temperament, in which she described them as a people among whom, in contrast to Western society, women dominated over men. In this book, however, Frederick Errington and Deborah Gewertz re-analyse Mead's data, and present original material of their own, to reveal that Mead misinterpreted the Chambri situation, and that in fact Chambri women neither dominate Chambri men, nor vice versa. They use this reformulated interpretation to discuss the relevance of the Chambri case for the understanding of gender relations in Western society today, showing that male dominance is not inevitable. At the same time, they also use their knowledge of cultural alternatives to clarify Western feminist objectives.
Table of Contents
- List of illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Part I. Cultural Premises: 1. Entropy and the nature of indebtedness
- 2. Names and personal identity
- 3. The enactment of power
- 4. The construction of society
- Part II. Social Action: 5. Politics and the relationship between husbands and wives
- 6. The mutual dependence of brothers and sisters
- 7. Marriage and the confluence of interests
- 8. The monetization of social relationships
- Conclusion: the significance of cultural alternatives
- Notes
- References
- Index.
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