Dealing with inequality : analysing gender relations in Melanesia and beyond : essays by members of the 1983/1984 Anthropological Research Group at the Research School of Pacific Studies, the Australian National University / edited by Marilyn Strathern.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Strathern, Marilyn.

Australian National University. Anthropological Research Group.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology--Melanesia.

Ethnology.

Melanesians--Social life and customs.

Melanesians.

Equality.

Sex role.

Melanesia.

Sex role--Melanesia.

Equality--Melanesia.

Physical Description:

xiv, 325 pages : 1 map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1987.

Contents:

1 Ta'a geni: women's perspectives on Kwaio society / Roger M. Keesing Keesing, Roger M.

2 The remarriage of Yebiwali: a study of dominance and false consciousness in a non-Western society / Frederick Errington Errington, Frederick, Deborah Gewertz Gewertz, Deborah

3 Gender difference and the relations of inequality in Zinacantan / Leslie Deveraux Deveraux, Leslie

4 The politics of separation / Diane Bell Bell, Diane

5 'Women are our business': women, exchange and prestige in Kove / Ann Chowning Chowning, Ann

6 Gender attributes and equality: men's strength and women's talk among the Nagovisi / Jill Nash Nash, Jill

7 Complimentary in this world in this world and the next: gender and agency in Kodi mortuary ceremonies / Janet Hoskins Hoskins, Janet

8 Flying witches and leaping warriors: supernatural origins of power and matrilineal authority in Tubetube society / Martha Macintyre Macintyre, Martha

9 The tusk, the flute and the serpent: disguise and revelation in Goodenough mythology / Michael W. Young Young, Michael W.

10 Diseases of the soul: sickness, agency and the men's cult among the Foi of New Guinea / James F. Weiner Weiner, James F..

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 303-318.

ISBN:

0521333784

052133652X

OCLC:

15015205