Women among Women: Anthropological Perspectives on Female Age Hierarchies

ISBN: 0252066839

Author: Dickerson-Putman, Jeanette

Condition: New

Are the prerogatives of age universal? This first-ever anthropological         exploration of relationships between older and younger women suggests         that this may be the case.       Cross-cultural in nature, the volume looks at relationships between women         of different age groups in a village in Taiwan, a town in central Sudan,         a rural setting in western Kenya, an Andean peasant community, a horticultural         village in Melanesia, and an Aboriginal community in Australia. Adding         an interspecies perspective is a study of two age groups of Japanese Macaques.         Included is an ethnographic bibliography that lists books with a wealth         of information on women in sixty societies.       The volume will appeal not only to anthropologists but also to readers         interested in women's issues, gender studies, life course studies, gerontology,         and intergenerational relations.