The Mountain Arapesh V. The Record of Unabelin with Rorschach Volume 40, Part 3 Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History 1949

Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], paperbound with light copybook-blue covers, pp.418. Illustrated with b-w halftone plates. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. . InSex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies. a major cornerstone of thefeminist movement was set forth: The claim that females are dominant in the Tchambuli (now spelledChambri) Lake region of the Sepik basin ofPapua New Guineawithout causing any special problems. The lack of male dominance may have been the result of the Australian administration's outlawing of warfare. According to contemporary research, males are dominant throughoutMelanesia(although some believe that femalewitcheshave special powers. Others have argued that there is still much cultural variation throughout Melanesia, and especially in the large island ofNew Guinea. Mead stated that theArapesh people, also in the Sepik, werepacifists, although she noted that they do on occasion engage in warfare. In exceptionally good condition.…