Gelber, Marilyn G.

Gender and society in the New Guinea Highlands : an anthropological perspective on antagonism toward women / Marilyn G. Gelber. - Boulder : Westview Press, 1986. - xi, 180 pages ; 22 cm. - Women in cross-cultural perspective . - Women in cross-cultural perspective. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-175) and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. Ideology about women as a form of gerontocratic control -- 3. The social matrix of relationship between the sexes -- 4. Socio-economic structure and personality -- 5. Aversion toward women as a population regulatory device -- 6. Aversion toward women as a population regulatory device, II : problems in explanation -- 7. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

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Women--Papua New Guinea.
Sex role--Papua New Guinea.
Interpersonal conflict--Papua New Guinea.
Ethnology--Papua New Guinea.


Papua New Guinea--Social life and customs.

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