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1 online resource (xxxviii, 533 pages) : illustrations |
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Acknowledgments xiii; A Word on Matriarchy xv; General Introduction: Philosophy and Methodology of Modern Matriarchal Studies xvii; Chapter 1. A Critical History of Perspectives on Matriarchy 1; 1.1 The pioneers; 1.2 The Marxist discussion; 1.3 The anthropological-ethnological branch; 1.4 The prehistory branch; 1.5 The religious studies branch; 1.6 The branch of study of oral traditions; 1.7 The archaeological branch; 1.8 Feminist and indigenous Matriarchal Studies; PART I: INDIGENOUS MATRIARCHAL SOCIETIES INEASTERN ASIA, INDONESIA, AND OCEANIA |
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Chapter 2: Matriarchy in Northeast India 452.1 Khasi: the land and the people; 2.2 Social structure; 2.3 Political patterns; 2.4 Belief and sacred ceremony; 2.5 The current situation; 2.6 Understanding the structure of matriarchal societies; Chapter 3: Matriarchal Cults in Nepal 68; 3.1 The Newar of the Katmandu Valley; 3.2 The cult of the goddess Kali; 3.3 Pashupatinath: the cult of death and life; 3.4 Kumari, the living goddess; 3.5 Understanding the structure of matriarchal societies (continuation); Chapter 4: Ancient Queens Realms and Group Marriage in Tibet 87 |
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4.1 Planting and herding cultures4.2 The Bon Religion; 4.3 Ancient Tibetans queens' realms; 4.4 Polyandry as well-organised group marriage; 4.5 Understanding the structure of matriarchal societies (continuation); Chapter 5: Matriarchal Mountain Peoples of China 105; 5.1 Indigenous peoples in China; 5.2 The Mosuo in Southwest China; 5.3 The Chiang People in Northwest China; 5.4 Yao, Miao and other indigenous peoples; 5.5 The peoples of the Yueh Culture in Southeast China; 5.6 Understanding the structure of matriarchal societies (continuation); Chapter 6: Women Shamans in Korea 131 |
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6.1 Megalith cultures in East Asia and the Pacific Rim6.2 Women in the history of Korea; 6.3 Contemporary women shamans; 6.4 Understanding the structure of matriarchal societies (continuation); Chapter 7: The Islands of Japan: Women's Cultures of the South and North 143; 7.1 Japan's Shinto Religion; 7.2 Sister and brother in the Ryukyu Islands; 7.3 Matriarchal mythology; 7.4 The Ainu in Northern Japan; 7.5 Paleolithic worldview; 7.6 Understanding the structure of matriarchal societies (continuation); Chapter 8: "Alam Minangkabau": The world of the Minangkabau in Indonesia 163 |
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8.1 Matriarchal cultural patterns in Indonesia8.2 Minangkabau social order and culture; 8.3 "Darek" and "Rantau": two ways to keep patriarchy out; 8.4 Understanding the structure of matriarchal societies (continuation); Chapter 9: Matriarchal Patterns in Melanesia 177; 9.1 The Trobriand Islanders; 9.2 Ancestor children in Trobriand Islands society; 9.3 The Kula ring and chieftainship in the Trobriand Islands; 9.4 Understanding the structure of matriarchal societies (continuation); Chapter 10: Pacific Ocean Cultures 189; 10.1 Of ships, stars, and stones; 10.2 Women in Polynesian society |
| Summary |
This book presents the results of Heide Goettner-Abendroth's pioneering research in the field of modern matriarchal studies, based on a new definition of matriarchy as true gender-egalitarian societies. Accordingly, matriarchal societies should not be regarded as mirror images of patriarchal ones, as they have never needed patriarchy's hierarchical structures of domination. On the contrary, matriarchal patterns are socially egalitarian, economically balanced, and politically based on consensus decisions. They have been created by women and are founded on maternal values. This new perspective o |
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10.3 Pele's clan |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Matriarchy -- Cross-cultural studies
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Women -- Social conditions -- Cross-cultural studies
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Matriarchy
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Women -- Social conditions
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| Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781453908075 |
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1453908072 |
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1433113376 |
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9781433113376 |
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