Book
The symbolic role of women in Trobriand gardening
University of South Africa • Pretoria • Published In 1984 • Pages: viii, 123
By: Brindley, Marianne.
Abstract
Brindley is concerned with the status of women and especially the position of Trobriand women with reference to gardening. Gardening, especially in terms of growing the small yam (TAYTU), is one of the most important economic activities in the Trobriand Islands, and therefore was selected as the primary focus of this work. In studying the position of Trobriand women in horticultural activities, the Brindley considers not only the physical labor involved, but also the symbolism that dominates gardening and women's relationship to it, including a structural analysis of the language of ritual and the terminology of gardening. The position of women in gardening is then correlated with the position of women as a whole in the society by considering certain dominant cultural themes and the interrelationships with different aspects of the culture (p. 3).
- HRAF PubDate
- 1995
- Region
- Oceania
- Sub Region
- Melanesia
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- not specified
- Coverage Place
- Omarakana village, Kiriwina Island, Papua New Guinea
- Notes
- [by] Marianne Brindley
- Revised version of a dissertation for the M.A. degree at the University of South Africa, 1977
- Includes index.|Bibliography: p. 106-118
- LCSH
- Women in agriculture/Trobriand Islanders