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Fruit of the Motherland: Gender in an Egalitarian Society
Maria Lepowsky
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Paperback. An ethnographic study of how gender is negotiated in Vanatinai, a small matrilineal island near New Guinea. Num Pages: 383 pages, 20 photos. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Challenging the portrayal of sexual inequality as a universal condition, Lepowsky presents a vivid account of Vanatinai, a matrilineal society in New Guinea. Contradticting scholars who consider sexual inequality a universal condition, Fruit of the Motherland reveals an exceptional society in which women have equivalent access to power and prestige and significant control over the means of production. Lepowsky presents an ethnography of Vanatinai, a matrilineal, decentralized society in New Guinea where there is no ideology of male dominance and women and men are considered fundamentally equal. tracing the life cycle of islanders of both sexes, she examines ... Read more
Challenging the portrayal of sexual inequality as a universal condition, Lepowsky presents a vivid account of Vanatinai, a matrilineal society in New Guinea. Contradticting scholars who consider sexual inequality a universal condition, Fruit of the Motherland reveals an exceptional society in which women have equivalent access to power and prestige and significant control over the means of production. Lepowsky presents an ethnography of Vanatinai, a matrilineal, decentralized society in New Guinea where there is no ideology of male dominance and women and men are considered fundamentally equal. tracing the life cycle of islanders of both sexes, she examines ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
383
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231081214
SKU
V9780231081214
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About Maria Lepowsky
Maria Lepowsky is professor of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
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