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Author Godelier, Maurice.

Title The making of great men : male domination and power among the New Guinea Baruya / Maurice Godelier ; translated by Rupert Swyer
Published Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press ; Paris : Editions de la maison des sciences de l'homme, [1986]
©1986

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Description xv, 255 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series Cambridge studies in social anthropology ; 56
Cambridge studies in social anthropology ; 56
Cambridge studies in social anthropology ; no. 56
Contents Machine derived contents note: Preface -- 1. Introduction to Baruya society -- Part I. Social Hierarchies in Baruya Society: 2. Women's subordinate position -- 3. The institution and legitimization of male superiority: initiations and the separation of the sexes -- Part II. The Production of Great Men: Powers Inherited, Power Merited: 4. Male hierarchies -- 5. The discovery of great men -- 6. General view of Baruya social hierarchies -- 7. The nature of man/woman relations among the Baruya: violence and consent, resistance and repression -- 8. Great men societies, big men societies: two alternative logics of society -- Part III. Recent Transformations of Baruya Society: 9. The colonial order and independence -- Conclusion -- 10. The ventriloquist's dummy -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary "...Long-time columnist, author and radio/TV personality, Don Riley captures all the punch lines in this blast from the past. Belly laughs are punctuated with tears as the reader hears of free-wheeling promoters caught in a cyclone of events, the kind which made this era one to be long remembered"...cover
Analysis New Guinea Baruya Social life
Notes Includes index
Translation of: La production des grands hommes
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 239-244
Includes index
Notes Cambridge studies in social anthropology no:56 0068-6794
Subject Baruya (Papua New Guinean people) -- Social life and customs.
Baruya (Papua New Guinean people)
Male domination (Social structure) -- Papua New Guinea.
Author Swyer, Rupert
LC no. 85005711
ISBN 0521259177
0521312124 (paperback)
Other Titles Production des grands hommes. English
Male domination and power among the New Guinea Baruya
La production des grands hommes