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Book SynopsisPresents studies on gender and life in the Amazon. This book covers the fieldwork of the authors among the Mundurucu people of Brazil in 1952. It provides an account of the historical, ecological, and cultural setting of the Mundurucu, including the mythology surrounding women, women's work and household life, marriage and child rearing, and more.
Trade ReviewA salute to women's liberation in a portrait of a fascinating primitive people. -- Margaret Mead Women of the Forest restores something of the balance that has been missing from conventional anthropology-an anthropology largely written by men-in giving this lucid account of the fundamental roles played by women in all societies. Very readable it sets the record straight for widely but wrongly held beliefs concerning many aspects of the roles of the sexes in all societies. -- Ashley Montagu
Table of ContentsForeword to the Thirtieth Anniversary Edition Preface to the First Edition Preface to the Second Edition 1. Woman's Day 2. The Land and the People 3. Beyond the Looking Glass 4. MundurucY Culture 5. Women in Myth and Symbol 6. The Woman's World 7. Women and Married Life 8. Women and Social Change 9. Women and Men Bibliography Index 03/12/0405 Murphy 00_toc.doc: vii vii
