Making of Great Men Male Domination and Power Among the New Guinea Baruya

Sommario

Preface; 1. Introduction to Baruya society; Part I. Social Hierarchies in Baruya Society: 2. Women's subordinate position; 3. The institution and legitimization of male superiority: initiations and the separation of the sexes; Part II. The Production of Great Men: Powers Inherited, Power Merited: 4. Male hierarchies; 5. The discovery of great men; 6. General view of Baruya social hierarchies; 7. The nature of man/woman relations among the Baruya: violence and consent, resistance and repression; 8. Great men societies, big men societies: two alternative logics of society; Part III. Recent Transformations of Baruya Society: 9. The colonial order and independence; Conclusion; 10. The ventriloquist's dummy; Bibliography; Index.

Riassunto

Godelier discusses both the power that certain men (the Great men) have over others through their control of war, shamanism, hunting, and rites of initiation, as well as the extraordinary power and domination that men in general exert over women.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Maurice Godelier, Godelier Maurice
• Con la collaborazione di: Meyer Fortes (Editore), Rupert Swyer (Traduzione)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 31.03.1986
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Etnologia > Demologia
• EAN: 9780521312127
• ISBN: 978-0-521-31212-7
• Numero di pagine: 284
• Serie: London Mathematical Society Le > 56