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Cultural Alternatives and a Feminist Anthropology: An Analysis of Culturally Constructed Gender Interests in Papua New Guinea

Cultural Alternatives and a Feminist Anthropology: An Analysis of Culturally Constructed Gender Interests in Papua New Guinea

Errington, Frederick K.
Gewertz, Deborah B.

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AnthropologyGeneral Gender StudiesWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 0521375916
ISBN13: 9780521375917
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Oct 12 1989
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.69
Height: 0.57 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.94
Language: English
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 people among whom, in contrast to Western society, women dominated over men. In this book, the authors analyze Mead's data and present original material to reveal that Mead misinterpreted the Chambri situation. In fact, Chambri women neither dominate 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 use their knowledge of cultural alternatives to clarify Western feminist objectives.

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