Matriarchal societies
Subtitle: studies on indigenous cultures across the globe
By: Heide Goettner-Abendroth
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 533
ISBN-13: 9781433113376
Subjects: Social conditions; Cross-cultural studies; Matriarchy; Women
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [477]-503) and index.
Table of contents: title: A critical history of perspectives on matriarchy; title: Matriarchy in Eastern India; title: Matriarchal cults in Nepal; title: Ancient queens realms, and group marriage in Tibet; title: Matriarchal mountain peoples of China; title: Women shamans in Korea; title: The islands of Japan : women's cultures of the south and north; title: "Alam Minangkabau" the world of the Minangkabau in Indonesia; title: Matriarchal patterns in Melanesia; title: Pacific Ocean cultures; title: Matriarchal cultures in South America; title: The spread of matriarchy to Central America; title: North America : matriarchal immigrants from the South; title: North America : at the cultural crossroads of South and North; title: Matriarchy in India; title: Ancient matriarchy in Central Africa; title: Matriarchal queen-kingship in West Africa; title: Matriarchal pastoral peoples in North Africa.