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Matriarchal societies : studies on indigenous cultures across the globe
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- Creator
- Heide Goettner-Abendroth
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- English
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- New York : Lang, Peter, Pub., 2012
- ©2012
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- 1 online resource (xxxviii, 533 pages) : illustrations
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- ISBNs
- 1453908072, 1433113376, 9781453908075, 9781433113376
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- ocn742305972, ocn818876429
- 10.3 Pele's clan.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Acknowledgments xiii; A Word on Matriarchy xv; General Introduction: Philosophy and Methodology of Modern Matriarchal Studies xvii; Chapter 1. A Critical History of Perspectives on Matriarchy 1; 1.1 The pioneers; 1.2 The Marxist discussion; 1.3 The anthropological-ethnological branch; 1.4 The prehistory branch; 1.5 The religious studies branch; 1.6 The branch of study of oral traditions; 1.7 The archaeological branch; 1.8 Feminist and indigenous Matriarchal Studies; PART I: INDIGENOUS MATRIARCHAL SOCIETIES INEASTERN ASIA, INDONESIA, AND OCEANIA
- Chapter 2: Matriarchy in Northeast India 452.1 Khasi: the land and the people; 2.2 Social structure; 2.3 Political patterns; 2.4 Belief and sacred ceremony; 2.5 The current situation; 2.6 Understanding the structure of matriarchal societies; Chapter 3: Matriarchal Cults in Nepal 68; 3.1 The Newar of the Katmandu Valley; 3.2 The cult of the goddess Kali; 3.3 Pashupatinath: the cult of death and life; 3.4 Kumari, the living goddess; 3.5 Understanding the structure of matriarchal societies (continuation); Chapter 4: Ancient Queens Realms and Group Marriage in Tibet 87
- 4.1 Planting and herding cultures4.2 The Bon Religion; 4.3 Ancient Tibetans queens' realms; 4.4 Polyandry as well-organised group marriage; 4.5 Understanding the structure of matriarchal societies (continuation); Chapter 5: Matriarchal Mountain Peoples of China 105; 5.1 Indigenous peoples in China; 5.2 The Mosuo in Southwest China; 5.3 The Chiang People in Northwest China; 5.4 Yao, Miao and other indigenous peoples; 5.5 The peoples of the Yueh Culture in Southeast China; 5.6 Understanding the structure of matriarchal societies (continuation); Chapter 6: Women Shamans in Korea 131
- 6.1 Megalith cultures in East Asia and the Pacific Rim6.2 Women in the history of Korea; 6.3 Contemporary women shamans; 6.4 Understanding the structure of matriarchal societies (continuation); Chapter 7: The Islands of Japan: Women's Cultures of the South and North 143; 7.1 Japan's Shinto Religion; 7.2 Sister and brother in the Ryukyu Islands; 7.3 Matriarchal mythology; 7.4 The Ainu in Northern Japan; 7.5 Paleolithic worldview; 7.6 Understanding the structure of matriarchal societies (continuation); Chapter 8: "Alam Minangkabau": The world of the Minangkabau in Indonesia 163
- 8.1 Matriarchal cultural patterns in Indonesia8.2 Minangkabau social order and culture; 8.3 "Darek" and "Rantau": two ways to keep patriarchy out; 8.4 Understanding the structure of matriarchal societies (continuation); Chapter 9: Matriarchal Patterns in Melanesia 177; 9.1 The Trobriand Islanders; 9.2 Ancestor children in Trobriand Islands society; 9.3 The Kula ring and chieftainship in the Trobriand Islands; 9.4 Understanding the structure of matriarchal societies (continuation); Chapter 10: Pacific Ocean Cultures 189; 10.1 Of ships, stars, and stones; 10.2 Women in Polynesian society