Cultural Alternatives And A Feminist Anthropology: An Analysis of Culturally Constructed Gender Interests in Papua New Guinea - Brossura

Frederick Karl Errington

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521375916 ISBN 13: 9780521375917

Casa editrice: New Publisher, 2021

Riassunto

The Chambri of Papua New Guinea are well known as being the 'Tchambuli' of Margaret Mead's influential work, Sex and Temperament, in which she described them as a people among whom, in contrast to Western society, women dominated over men. In this book, however, Frederick Errington and Deborah Gewertz re-analyse Mead's data, and present original material of their own, to reveal that Mead misinterpreted the Chambri situation, and that in fact Chambri women neither dominate Chambri men, nor vice versa. They use this reformulated interpretation to discuss the relevance of the Chambri case for the understanding of gender relations in Western society today, showing that male dominance is not inevitable. At the same time, they also use their knowledge of cultural alternatives to clarify Western feminist objectives.

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Recensione:

'This complex, brilliant work succeeds in breaking out of that ethnographic straitjacket by remaining inconclusive and perplexed in what it reveals: as much an image of American intellectual quandaries as Chambri ones, and neither in isolation.' The Times Higher Education Supplement

Descrizione del libro:

In this book, Errington and Gewertz present original material to reveal that in fact Chambri women neither dominate Chambri men, nor vice versa. They use this reformulated interpretation to discuss the relevance of the Chambri case for the understanding of gender relations in Western society today.

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• Editore: New Publisher
• Data di pubblicazione: 2021
• ISBN 10: 0521375916
• ISBN 13: 9780521375917
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 200