Author

Publication

2001-06-01 - Harper Perennial

Language

English

Word Count

88,000 words, Guess

Page Count

352 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100060934956
  • ISBN-139780060934958
  • LibraryThing41562
  • Open LibraryOL9239940M
  • Open LibraryOL7285233M

Description

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.

First Sentence

In the 1930s Margaret Mead ushered into American intellectual circles a powerful "way of seeing" as she called it, the cross-cultural perspective.

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