The common assumption that women have always been subordinate to men relies on a further assumption - that women have accepted second-class status as a "natural" state of affairs. This classic anthropological study debunks the many myths behind the idea of “natural” male superiority. Drawing on extensive ethnographic research across cultures, Leacock demonstrates that claims of inherent male dominance and female subordination are based on carefully constructed falsehoods with no historical, factual basis. Instead, Leacock argues for the material roots of women’s oppression as part of a historic process within the development of human societies. She documents numerous historical examples of egalitarian gender relations, and shows that, far from simply accepting their lot, women across cultures challenged attempts to denigrate and isolate their labor and roles in society. Finally, Leacock’s analysis proves that just as women’s subjugation has not always existed as a facet of human relations, it can also be overcome. (Verlagstext)
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Preface | 1
1Introduction: Engels and the History of Women's Oppression | 13
Part I: Women in an Egalitarian Society: The Montagnais-Naskapi of Canada
2The Montagnais-Naskapi | 33
3Status Among the Montagnais-Naskapi of Labrador | 39
4Montagnais Women and the Jesuit Program for Colonization | 43
5Matrilocality Among the Montagnais-Naskapi | 63
Part II: Social Evolution - From Egalitarianism to Oppression
6Introduction to Lewis Henry Morgan, Ancient Society , Parts I, II, III, IV | 85
7Women's Status in Egalitarian Society: Implications for Social Evolution | 133
8Review of Evelyn Reed, Women's Evolution | 183
Part III: Mythos of Male Dominance - Discussion and Debate
9Society and Gender | 197
10Review of Margaret Mead, Male and Female | 205
11Structuralism and Dialectics | 209
12The Changing Family and Lévi-Strauss, or Whatever Happened to Fathers?| 222
13Ideologies of Sex: Archetypes and Stereotypes - Eleanor Leacock and June Nash | 242
14Review of Steven Goldberg, The Inevitability of Patriarchy - Eleanor Leacock and Steven Goldberg | 264
15Social Behaviour, Biology, and the Double Standard | 280
Part IV: Conclusion - Politics and the Ideology of Male Dominance
16Political Ramifications of Engels' Argument on Women's Subjugation | 305
17Women, Development, and Anthropological Facts and Fiction | 310
Bibliography | 317
Index | 335
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Eleanor Burke Leacock
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2008
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Chicago, Haymarket Books
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1-931859-57-4
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344 S. : Ill.
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Frauenemanzipation, Frauenforschung, Gender Studies, Geschlecht / Macht, Geschlechterrolle, Emanzipation / Frau, Frau / Emanzipation, Frauenbefreiung, Frauenfrage, Gender / Soziale Rolle, Gender-Forschung, Genderstudie, Geschlechterfrage, Geschlechtertheorie, Geschlechtsrolle
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