Women of the forest / Yolanda Murphy and Robert F. Murphy.
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TextNew York : Columbia University Press, 1985Edition: Second editionDescription: xvi, 262 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0231060882 (alk. paper)
- 0231060890 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 305.48898 19 M.Y.W
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Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [259]-260.
Foreword to the Thirtieth Anniversary Edition Preface to the First Edition Preface to the Second Edition 1. Woman's Day 2. The Land and the People 3. Beyond the Looking Glass 4. MundurucY Culture 5. Women in Myth and Symbol 6. The Woman's World 7. Women and Married Life 8. Women and Social Change 9. Women and Men Bibliography Index 03/12/0405 Murphy 00_toc.doc: vii vii
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.
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