Book
Women of the forest
Columbia University Press • New York • Published In 1985 • Pages:
By: Murphy, Yolanda, Murphy, Robert Francis.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document describes in detail concepts of reality versus ideology in terms of male-female relationships in Mundurucu society. In their analysis of the data the authors consider '…the historical , ecological, and cultural setting in which the Mundurucu live, the mythology concerning women, the woman's work and household life, marriage and child rearing, and the impact of social change on the female role' (cover). Particular attention in the text is given to sexual antagonism and the manner in which women compensate for their low public position in the society.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Hunting and trapping
- Fishing
- Tillage
- Food preparation
- Division of labor by gender
- Gender status
- Social relationships and groups
- Residence
- Household
- Family relationships
- Gender roles and issues
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Mundurucu
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Amazon and Orinoco
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- 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 ; 2001
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1952-1953
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1952-1953
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tapajós River ares, State of Para, Brazil
- NotesAdditional notes
- Yolanda Murphy and Robert F. Murphy
- Includes bibliographical references (p.[259]-260) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 85014969
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Munduruku Indians