The Making of Great Men: Male Domination and Power Among the New Guinea Baruya
(Book #56 in the Cambridge Studies in Social Anthropology Series)
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The Baruya are a tribal society in highlands Papua New Guinea, with whom Western contact was first made in 1951. During the last twenty years, Maurice Godelier has spent many long periods of time living among this people, and in this book he presents a detailed account of their lives and their forms of social organization. The focus of the book is on inequality and power in this classless society. Godelier discusses both the power that certain men...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521312124
ISBN13:9780521312127
Release Date:March 1986
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:284 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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