The headman was a woman : the gender egalitarian Batek of Malaysia / Kirk M. Endicott, Karen L. Endicott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Endicott, Kirk M.

Contributor:

Endicott, Karen Lampell.

Alexander Street Press.

Series:

Anthropology online.

Anthropology online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Batek (Malaysian people).

Batek (Malaysian people)--Social conditions.

Batek (Malaysian people)--Social life and customs.

Sex role--Malay Peninsula.

Sex role.

Manners and customs.

Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 163 pages).

Place of Publication:

Long Grove, Ill. : Waveland Press, Inc., [2008]

Language Note:

This edition in English.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"An ethnography of one of the few remaining hunting and gathering peoples of Southeast Asia, The Headman Was a Woman presents the gender concepts, roles, and relations of the highly egalitarian Batek of Peninsular Malaysia. Based on longtime fieldwork, the book describes the lives of Batek men and women in the tropical rainforest, and includes discussions of fieldwork, hunting and gathering, social organization, religion, gender, nonviolence, and cultural persistence in the face of a changing landscape." "The Headman Was a Woman introduces readers - from first-year anthropology students to hunter-gatherer specialists - to an egalitarian people whose way of life is both thought-provoking and rare."--ORIGINAL BOOK JACKET.

Contents:

Encountering the unexpected

Batek views of the sexes

Social life

Sharing the work : the gender division of labor

Growing up Batek

Continuity and change in Batek gender

Understanding Batek egalitarianism

Appendix: Batek kinship terms.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-163).

Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2012. (Anthropology online). Available via World Wide Web.

OCLC:

849669857

Access Restriction:

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