1st Edition
Gender And Society In The New Guinea Highlands An Anthropological Perspective On Antagonism Toward Women
By Marilyn G. Gelber
Copyright 1986
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book examines the relationship between the sexes, especially the attitudes and behavior of men toward women, as a result of the economic, political, and structural constraints of New Guinea Highland social organization.
Introduction -- Ideology about Women as a Form of Gerontocratic Control -- The Social Matrix of the Relationship between the Sexes -- Socio-Economic Structure and Personality -- Aversion Toward Women as a Population Regulatory Device -- Aversion Toward Women as a Population Regulatory Device, II: Problems in Explanation -- Conclusion
