01689cam a2200229 a 4500020001800000041000900018082002100027100003100048245017300079260008100252300002300333500002000356504003000376520074700406546001301153650006501166650003201231650004501263700003301308856006301341856005501404  a9780521375917  aeng.00a306.09953bERR-C1 aErrington, Frederick Karl.10aCultural alternatives and a feminist anthropology :ban analysis of culturally constructed gender interests in Papua New Guinea /cFrederick Errington, Deborah Gewertz.  aCambridge [Cambridgeshire] :aNew York :bCambridge University Press,c1987.  axi, 185p. bill. ;  aIncludes index.  aBibliography: p. 173-180.  aThe 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.  aEnglish. 0aChambri (Papua New Guinean people)xSocial life and customs. 0aSex rolezPapua New Guinea. 0aFeminist anthropologyzPapua New Guinea.1 aGewertz, Deborah B.eauthor.42uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam032/86026823.html41uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam031/86026823.html