TY  - BOOK
AU  - Errington,Frederick Karl
AU  - Gewertz,Deborah B.
TI  - Cultural alternatives and a feminist anthropology: an analysis of culturally constructed gender interests in Papua New Guinea 
SN  - 9780521375917
U1  - 306.09953 
PY  - 1987///
CY  - Cambridge [Cambridgeshire], New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Chambri (Papua New Guinean people)
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Sex role
KW  - Papua New Guinea
KW  - Feminist anthropology
N1  - Includes index; Bibliography: p. 173-180
N2  - The 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam032/86026823.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam031/86026823.html
ER  -