Women of the forest / Yolanda Murphy and Robert F. Murphy.

By:

Murphy, Yolanda [author]

Contributor(s):

Murphy, Robert Francis, 1924- [author]

Material type: Text

TextNew York : Columbia University Press, 1985Edition: Second editionDescription: xvi, 262 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0231060882 (alk. paper)
0231060890 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

305.48898 19 M.Y.W

Contents:

Summary: 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.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Main library A3	305.48898 M.Y.W (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00002188

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.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.