Gender in Amazonia and Melanesia :: an exploration of the comparative method /

One of the great riddles of cultural history is the remarkable parallel that exists between the peoples of Amazonia and Melanesia. Although the two regions are separated by half a world in distance and at least 40,000 years of history, their cultures nonetheless reveal striking similarities in the a...

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Weitere Verfasser: Gregor, Thomas, Tuzin, Donald F.
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2001.
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Zusammenfassung:One of the great riddles of cultural history is the remarkable parallel that exists between the peoples of Amazonia and Melanesia. Although the two regions are separated by half a world in distance and at least 40,000 years of history, their cultures nonetheless reveal striking similarities in the areas of sex and gender. The contributors illuminate the various ways in which sex and gender are elaborated, obsessed over, and internalized, shaping subjective experiences common to entire cultural regions, and beyond.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (x, 392 pages) : map
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-376) and indexes.
ISBN:9780520935815
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