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.
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