essay
The null case: the Chipewyan
Woman the gatherer • New Haven • Published In 1981 • Pages: 221-244
By: Sharp, Henry S..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article is part of a collective volume, 'Woman the Gatherer.' Here Sharp argues that Chipewyan women's low-status and 'oppression' is part of a symbolic system that enables the smooth operation of a system of production and allocation. Women are 'devalued' not because of any inherent biological or psychological characteristics, but because they do not hunt, which is the main means of procuring food. Sharp argues that men's status is gained from the more public and generalized role of hunting for the whole group, as compared to the more specific activities of women, which are centered on the immediate family.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Annual cycle
- Hunting and trapping
- Preservation and storage of food
- Food preparation
- Division of labor by gender
- Gender status
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Chipewyans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 1999
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1969-1975
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1715-1980
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- north-central Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- Henry S. Sharp
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-244)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 80025262
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Chipewyan Indians