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Lives on the line : women and ecology on a Pacific atoll / Alexandra Brewis.
Penn Museum Library HQ1866.6 .B74 1996
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LIBRA HQ1866.6 .B74 1996
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brewis, Alexandra.
- Series:
- Case studies in cultural anthropology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Kiribati--Butaritari Atoll--Social conditions.
- Women.
- Sex role--Kiribati--Butaritari Atoll.
- Sex role.
- Social conditions.
- Makin Atoll (Kiribati)--Social life and customs.
- Makin Atoll (Kiribati).
- Kiribati--Makin Atoll.
- Physical Description:
- 85 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Fort Worth : Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1996.
- Summary:
- Intended as a supplement to women's studies, human ecology, medical anthropology, or Pacific anthropology courses. LIVES ON THE LINE examines women's issues in Butaritari, an equatorial Pacific atoll 15 kilometers long and a few hundred meters wide. This case study shows how the constraints of ecology and teh contingencies of history weave through patterns of human activity on Butaritari Atoll.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 81) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0155019694
- OCLC:
- 34744214
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