The Mountain Arapesh. 2. Supernaturalism
Author : Margaret Mead
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Release : 1940
Category : Arapesh (Papua New Guinean people)
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Author : Margaret Mead
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Page : pages
File Size : 42,46 MB
Release : 1940
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Author : Margaret Mead
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Page : 552 pages
File Size : 24,86 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Arapesh (Papua New Guinean people)
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Author : Margaret Mead
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Page : 491 pages
File Size : 30,49 MB
Release : 1938
Category : Arapesh (Papua New Guinean people)
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Author : Margaret Mead
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Page : 158 pages
File Size : 14,77 MB
Release : 1940
Category : Arapesh (Papua New Guinean people)
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Author : Margaret Mead
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1086 pages
File Size : 20,72 MB
Release : 2018-10-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1351319906
For approximately eight months during 1931-1932, anthropologist Margaret Mead lived with and studied the Mountain Arapesh-a segment of the population of the East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. She found a culture based on simplicity, sensitivity, and cooperation. In contrast to the aggressive Arapesh who lived on the plains, both the men and the women of the mountain settlements were found to be, in Mead's word, maternal. The Mountain Arapesh exhibited qualities that many might consider feminine: they were, in general, passive, affectionate, and peaceloving. Though Mead partially explains the male's "femininity" as being due to the type of nourishment available to the Arapesh, she maintains social conditioning to be a factor in the type of lifestyle led by both sexes. Mead's study encapsulates all aspects of the Arapesh culture. She discusses betrothal and marriage customs, sexuality, gender roles, diet, religion, arts, agriculture, and rites of passage. In possibly a portent for the breakdown of traditional roles and beliefs in the latter part of the twentieth century, Mead discusses the purpose of rites of passage in maintaining societal values and social control. Mead also discovered that both male and female parents took an active role in raising their children. Furthermore, it was found that there were few conflicts over property: the Arapesh, having no concept of land ownership, maintained a peaceful existence with each other. In his new introduction to The Mountain Arapesh, Paul B. Roscoe assesses the importance of Mead's work in light of modern anthropological and ethnographic research, as well as how it fits into her own canon of writings. Roscoe discusses findings he culled from a trip to Papua New Guinea in 1991 to clarify some ambiguities in Mead's work. His travels also served to help reconstruct what had happened to the Arapesh since Mead's historic visit in the early 1930s.
Author : Margaret Mead
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Page : 491 pages
File Size : 15,95 MB
Release : 1938
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
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Page : 274 pages
File Size : 37,21 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Government publications
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Author : Martin Thomas
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 42,47 MB
Release : 2018-01-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1785337734
The origins of anthropology lie in expeditionary journeys. But since the rise of immersive fieldwork, usually by a sole investigator, the older tradition of team-based social research has been largely eclipsed. Expeditionary Anthropology argues that expeditions have much to tell us about anthropologists and the people they studied. The book charts the diversity of anthropological expeditions and analyzes the often passionate arguments they provoked. Drawing on recent developments in gender studies, indigenous studies, and the history of science, the book argues that even today, the ‘science of man’ is deeply inscribed by its connections with expeditionary travel.
Author : Thomas Buckley
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 43,75 MB
Release : 2023-04-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0520340566
Examining cultures as diverse as long-house dwellers in North Borneo, African farmers, Welsh housewives, and postindustrial American workers, this volume dramatically redefines the anthropological study of menstrual customs. It challenges the widespread image of a universal "menstrual taboo" as well as the common assumption of universal female subordination which underlies it. Contributing important new material and perspectives to our understanding of comparative gender politics and symbolism, it is of particular importance to those interested in anthropology, women's studies, religion, and comparative health systems.