Fruit of the motherland : gender in an egalitarian society

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Fruit of the motherland : gender in an egalitarian society

Maria Lepowsky

Columbia University Press, c1993

  • : hbk.
  • : pbk.

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注記

Bibliography: p. 345-363

Includes index

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

: hbk. ISBN 9780231081207

内容説明

Challenging the portrayal of sexual inequality as a universal condition, Lepowsky presents a vivid account of Vanatinai, a matrilineal society in New Guinea.Contradticting scholars who consider sexual inequality a universal condition, Fruit of the Motherland reveals an exceptional society in which women have equivalent access to power and prestige and significant control over the means of production.Lepowsky presents an ethnography of Vanatinai, a matrilineal, decentralized society in New Guinea where there is no ideology of male dominance and women and men are considered fundamentally equal. tracing the life cycle of islanders of both sexes, she examines the role of gender in thye Vanatinai's: social life and history, religious philosophy and worldview, practice of ceremonial exchange and ritual. In addition, Fruit of the Motherland includes useful cross-cultural analysis of gender roles, ideologies, and power.

目次

Preface Maps1. Island Encounters 2. Fruit of the Motherland 3. Island Lives 4. Ancestors and Other Spirits 5. Sorcerers and Witches 6. The Living, the Dead, and Relations of Value 7. Fruit of the Dead 8. Gender and PowerNotes Glossary Bibliography Index -- Choice
巻冊次

: pbk. ISBN 9780231081214

内容説明

Challenging the portrayal of sexual inequality as a universal condition, Lepowsky presents a vivid account of Vanatinai, a matrilineal society in New Guinea. Contradticting scholars who consider sexual inequality a universal condition, Fruit of the Motherland reveals an exceptional society in which women have equivalent access to power and prestige and significant control over the means of production. Lepowsky presents an ethnography of Vanatinai, a matrilineal, decentralized society in New Guinea where there is no ideology of male dominance and women and men are considered fundamentally equal. tracing the life cycle of islanders of both sexes, she examines the role of gender in thye Vanatinai's: social life and history, religious philosophy and worldview, practice of ceremonial exchange and ritual. In addition, Fruit of the Motherland includes useful cross-cultural analysis of gender roles, ideologies, and power.

目次

PrefaceMaps1. Island Encounters2. Fruit of the Motherland3. Island Lives4. Ancestors and Other Spirits5. Sorcerers and Witches6. The Living, the Dead, and Relations of Value7. Fruit of the Dead8. Gender and PowerNotesGlossaryBibliographyIndex

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