Sex and temperament in three primitive societies /
Margaret Mead.
- New York, W. Morrow & company, 1963.
- xiv, 335 p. ill.
Part one: the mountain-dwelling Arapesh -- Mountain life -- A co-operative society -- The birth of an Arapesh child -- Early influences that mould the Arapesh personality -- The growth and initation of an Arapesh boy -- The growth and betrothal of an Arapesh girl -- Arapesh marriage -- The Arapesh ideal and those who deviate from it -- Part two: The river-dwelling Mundugumor -- The pace of life in a cannibal tribe -- The structure of Mundugumor society -- The development of the individual Mundugumor -- Youth and marriage among the Mundugumor -- Deviants from the Mundugumor ideal -- Part three: The lake-dwelling Tchambuli -- The pattern of Tchambuli social life -- The contrasting ròles of Tchambuli men and women -- The unplaced Tchambuli man and woman -- Part four: The implication of these results -- The standardization of sex-temperament -- The deviant -- Conclusion.
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Arapesh (Papua New Guinean people) Biwat (Papua New Guinean people) Chambri (Papua New Guinean people) Ethnology--Papua New Guinea. Personality and culture--Papua New Guinea. Sex role--Papua New Guinea. Cross-Cultural Comparison. Identification (Psychology) Personality Development.