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Author Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978.

Title Sex and temperament in three primitive societies.

Publication Info. New York : Morrow, [1963]
©1963

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  572.995    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  306 M479S    Check Shelf
Description xiv, 335 pages : 1 map ; 21 cm.
Series Morrow paperback editions
Note Includes index.
Contents Part one: the mountain-dwelling Arapesh -- Mountain life -- A co-operative society -- The birth of an Arapesh child -- Early influences that mould the Arapesh personality -- The growth and initation of an Arapesh boy -- The growth and betrothal of an Arapesh girl -- Arapesh marriage -- The Arapesh ideal and those who deviate from it -- Part two: The river-dwelling Mundugumor -- The pace of life in a cannibal tribe -- The structure of Mundugumor society -- The development of the individual Mundugumor -- Youth and marriage among the Mundugumor -- Deviants from the Mundugumor ideal -- Part three: The lake-dwelling Tchambuli -- The pattern of Tchambuli social life -- The contrasting rôles of Tchambuli men and women -- The unplaced Tchambuli man and woman -- Part four: The implication of these results -- The standardization of sex-temperament -- The deviant -- Conclusion.
Subject Ethnology -- Papua New Guinea.
Personality and culture.
Sex role.
Papua New Guinea -- Social life and customs.
Cross-Cultural Comparison.
Identification, Psychological
Personality Development.
ISBN 0688060161
9780688060169
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