Sex and temperament in three primitive societies.
Series: Apollo editions A67
Publisher: Morrow
Published: 1963
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 335
Subjects: New Guinea -- Native races; Primitive societies
Notes: WERC
Table of contents: title: The mountain-dwelling Arapesh. Mountain life; title: A co-operative society; title: The birth of an Arapesh child; title: Early influences that mould the Arapesh personality; title: The growth and initiation of an Arapesh boy; title: The growth and betrothal of an Arapesh girl; title: Arapesh marriage; title: The Arapesh ideal and those who deviate from it; title: The river-dwelling Mundugumor. The pace of life in a cannibal tribe; title: The structure of Mundugumor society; title: The development of the individual Mundugumor; title: Youth and marriage among the Mundugumor; title: Deviants from the Mundugumor ideal; title: The lake-dwelling Tchambuli. The pattern of Tchambuli social life; title: The contrasting roles of Tchambuli men and women; title: The unplaced Tchambuli man and woman; title: The implication of these results. The standardization of sex-temperament; title: The deviant; title: Conclusion.