Women in Between: Female Roles in a Male World: Mount Hagen, New Guinea

By Marilyn Strathern and Marilyn Strathern Professor University of Cambridge

Book Overview

In 1971 Marilyn Strathern provided what has now become a classic ethnographic text, Women In Between. Significantly, this pioneering contribution to feminist anthropology focuses on gender relations rather than on women alone. Re-issued now, Women in Between examines the attitudes of the Hagen people and analyzes the power of women in their male-dominated system. Strathern cites case studies of marriage arrangements, divorce, and traditional settlement disputes to illustrate women's status in Hagen society.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847677850
• ISBN13: 9780847677856
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 9.3"