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Women of the Forest (Paperback, 30th anniversary edition) Loot Price: R1,111
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Women of the Forest (Paperback, 30th anniversary edition): Yolanda Murphy, Robert Murphy

Women of the Forest (Paperback, 30th anniversary edition)

Yolanda Murphy, Robert Murphy; Foreword by R. Brian Ferguson, William Balee, Janet Chernela, Judith Shapiro, Orna Johnson; Afterword by Thomas Gregor

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When it originally appeared, this groundbreaking ethnography was one of the first works to focus on gender in anthropology. The thirtieth anniversary edition of "Women of the Forest" reconfirms the book's importance for contemporary studies on gender and life in the Amazon. The book covers Yolanda and Robert Murphy's year of fieldwork among the Munduruc? people of Brazil in 1952. The Murphy's ethnographic analysis takes into account the historical, ecological, and cultural setting of the Munduruc?, including the mythology surrounding women, women's work and household life, marriage and child rearing, the effects of social change on the female role, sexual antagonism, and the means by which women compensate for their low social position.

The new foreword -- written collectively by renowned anthropologists who were all students of the Murphys -- is both a tribute to the Murphys and a critical reflection on the continued relevance of their work today.

General

Imprint: Columbia University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: December 2004
First published: December 2004
Authors: Yolanda Murphy • Robert Murphy
Foreword by: R. Brian Ferguson • William Balee (Professor) • Janet Chernela • Judith Shapiro • Orna Johnson
Afterword by: Thomas Gregor
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 328
Edition: 30th anniversary edition
ISBN-13: 978-0-231-13233-6
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
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LSN: 0-231-13233-6
Barcode: 9780231132336

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