Women of the Forest

Informationen zum Autor Yolanda Murphy and Robert Murphy. Foreword by R. Brian. Ferguson! William L. Balée! Janet M. Chernela! Judith Shapiro! Orna Johnson! and afterword by Thomas A. Gregor Klappentext When it originally appeared! this groundbreaking ethnography was one of the first works to focus on gender in anthropology. The thirtieth anniversary edition of Women of the Forest reconfirms the book's importance for contemporary studies on gender and life in the Amazon. The book covers Yolanda and Robert Murphy's year of fieldwork among the Mundurucú people of Brazil in 1952. The Murphy's ethnographic analysis takes into account the historical! ecological! and cultural setting of the Mundurucú! including the mythology surrounding women! women's work and household life! marriage and child rearing! the effects of social change on the female role! sexual antagonism! and the means by which women compensate for their low social position. The new foreword -- written collectively by renowned anthropologists who were all students of the Murphys -- is both a tribute to the Murphys and a critical reflection on the continued relevance of their work today. Zusammenfassung Presents studies on gender and life in the Amazon. This book covers the fieldwork of the authors among the Mundurucu people of Brazil in 1952. It provides an account of the historical! ecological! and cultural setting of the Mundurucu! including the mythology surrounding women! women's work and household life! marriage and child rearing! and more. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword to the Thirtieth Anniversary EditionPreface to the First EditionPreface to the Second Edition1. Woman's Day2. The Land and the People3. Beyond the Looking Glass4. MundurucÝ Culture5. Women in Myth and Symbol6. The Woman's World7. Women and Married Life8. Women and Social Change9. Women and MenBibliographyIndex03/12/0405 Murphy 00_toc.doc: viivii

Product details

• Authors: Robert Murphy, Robert F. Murphy, Yolanda Murphy, Yolanda Murphy Murphy, Murphy Robert, Murphy Yolanda
• Assisted by: R. Brian Ferguson (Editor), William Balée (Foreword), Janet Chernela (Foreword), Ferguson R. Brian (Foreword), Johnson Orna (Foreword), Shapiro Judith (Foreword), Thomas Gregor (Afterword)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.12.2004
• EAN: 9780231132336
• ISBN: 978-0-231-13233-6
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: Columbia Classics in Anthropol
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls