Sex and temperament in three primitive societies
About this book
Focusing on three tribes from New Guinea, the author advances the theory that many so-called masculine and feminine characteristics are not based on fundamental sex differences, but reflect the cultural conditioning of different societies.
Subjects
- anthropology
- arapesh (papua new guinean people)
- arapesh (peuple de papouasie-nouvelle-guinée)
- autochtones
- biwat (papua new guinean people)
- cannibalism
- chambri (papua new guinean people)
- chambri (peuple de papouasie-nouvelle-guinée)
- cross-cultural comparison
- cultural anthropology
- ethnologie
- ethnology
- ethnology -- papua new guinea
- ethnopsychologie
- geschlechterrolle
- headhunters
- identification (psychology)
- indigenous peoples
- manners and customs
- marriage customs and rites
- mœurs et coutumes
- mundugumor (peuple de papouasie-nouvelle-guinée)
- native races
- naturvolk
- new guinea
- papoea's
- papua new guinea -- social life and customs
- papua new guinea, social life and customs
- personality and culture
- personality and culture -- papua new guinea
- personality development
- prehistoric peoples
- primitive societies
- primitive society
- psychological identification
- rôle selon le sexe
- seksualiteit
- sex
- sex role
- sex role -- papua new guinea
- sexual behavior
- sexualität
- social life and customs
- social sciences
- societies
- sozialstruktur