Women among Women
Anthropological Perspectives on Female Age Hierarchies
Foreword by Nancy Foner
A multifaceted study of women and hierarchy
Paper – $28
978-0-252-06683-2
Publication Date
Paperback: 01/01/1998
About the Book
Are the prerogatives of age universal? The contributors to this anthropological exploration of relationships between older and younger women suggests that this may be the case.The essayists look at relationships between women of different age groups in a village in Taiwan, a town in central Sudan, a rural setting in western Kenya, an Andean peasant community, a horticultural village in Melanesia, and an Aboriginal community in Australia. A study of two age groups of Japanese Macaques add an interspecies perspective. Also included is an ethnographic bibliography that lists books with a wealth of information on women in sixty societies. The volume will appeal not only to anthropologists but also to readers interested in women's issues, gender studies, life course studies, gerontology, and intergenerational relations.
About the Author
Jeanette Dickerson-Putman is an associate professor emeritus of anthropology at Indiana University Indianapolis. She is the coeditor of Pulling the Right Threads: The Ethnographic Life and Legacy of Jane C. Goodale. Judith K. Brown is a professor of anthropology at Oakland University. She is the author of To Have and to Hit: Anthropological Perspectives on Wife-Beating.Related Titles
