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Sex and temperament in three primitive societies

by Margaret Mead

335 pages · First published 1935

Focusing on three tribes from New Guinea, the author advances the theory that many so-called masculine and feminine characteristics are not based on fundamental sex differences, but reflect the cultural conditioning of different societies.

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Subjects

Native racesPrimitive societiesNew GuineaSocial life and customsEthnologySex rolePersonality and cultureCross-Cultural ComparisonPersonality DevelopmentIdentification (Psychology)Primitive SocietyIndigenous peoplesAutochtonesMundugumor (peuple de Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée)Ethnology -- Papua New GuineaChambri (Papua New Guinean people)Arapesh (peuple de Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée)Papua New Guinea -- Social life and customsManners and customsBiwat (Papua New Guinean people)
Publishers
Routledge and K. Paul, Routledge, Penguin Publishing Group, routledge & kegan paul ltd, William Morrow and Company, Morrow
Languages
heb, chi, spa, eng