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Sexual antagonism among the sexually egalitarian Hopi
Ethos • 7 (2) • Published In 1979 • Pages: 124-141
By: Schlegel, Alice.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper deals with sexual antagonism in a sexually egalitarian society, the Hopi, but the sexual antagonism it deals with is not general, as between the sexes, but more specific, inherent in two kinds of male-female dyadic relationships -- husband-wife and brother-sister -- in the context of the central institution of the household. In this study Schlegel examines the cultural content that expresses this antagonism -- joking relations, patterned castration threats, adultery, and witchcraft beliefs -- which arises out of a contradiction in household structure and organization (p. 125).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Gender status
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Household
- Family relationships
- Avuncular and nepotic relatives
- Clans
- Sorcery
- Extramarital sex relations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Hopi
- 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
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 1999
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- pre World War II
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Hopi pueblos, First, Second, and Third Mesas, northeastern Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Alice Schlegel
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 141)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 73643517
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hopi Indians