This 1987 volume comprises ten essays by anthropologists who interrogate the nature of social inequality between the sexes in societies mostly in Melanesia.
This 1987 volume comprises ten essays by anthropologists who interrogate the nature of social inequality between the sexes in societies mostly in Melanesia.
Notes on contributors Editor's preface Map Introduction Marilyn Strathern 1. Ta'a geni: women's perspectives on Kwaio society Roger M. Keesing 2. The remarriage of Yebiwali: a study of dominance and false consciousness in a non-Western society Frederick Errington and Deborah Gewertz 3. Gender difference and the relations of inequality in Zinacantan Leslie Deveraux 4. The politics of separation Diane Bell 5. 'Women are our business': women, exchange and prestige in Kove Ann Chowning 6. Gender attributes and equality: men's strength and women's talk among the Nagovisi Jill Nash 7. Complimentary in this world in this world and the next: gender and agency in Kodi mortuary ceremonies Janet Hoskins 8. Flying witches and leaping warriors: supernatural origins of power and matrilineal authority in Tubetube society Martha Macintyre 9. The tusk, the flute and the serpent: disguise and revelation in Goodenough mythology Michael W. Young 10. Diseases of the soul: sickness, agency and the men's cult among the Foi of New Guinea James F. Weiner Conclusion Marilyn Strathern bibliography Index.
Notes on contributors Editor's preface Map Introduction Marilyn Strathern 1. Ta'a geni: women's perspectives on Kwaio society Roger M. Keesing 2. The remarriage of Yebiwali: a study of dominance and false consciousness in a non-Western society Frederick Errington and Deborah Gewertz 3. Gender difference and the relations of inequality in Zinacantan Leslie Deveraux 4. The politics of separation Diane Bell 5. 'Women are our business': women, exchange and prestige in Kove Ann Chowning 6. Gender attributes and equality: men's strength and women's talk among the Nagovisi Jill Nash 7. Complimentary in this world in this world and the next: gender and agency in Kodi mortuary ceremonies Janet Hoskins 8. Flying witches and leaping warriors: supernatural origins of power and matrilineal authority in Tubetube society Martha Macintyre 9. The tusk, the flute and the serpent: disguise and revelation in Goodenough mythology Michael W. Young 10. Diseases of the soul: sickness, agency and the men's cult among the Foi of New Guinea James F. Weiner Conclusion Marilyn Strathern bibliography Index.
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