{"product_id":"female-power-and-male-dominance-on-the-origins-of-sexual-inequality-paperback-9780521280754","title":"Female Power and Male Dominance; On the Origins of Sexual Inequality (Paperback) 9780521280754","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFemale Power and Male Dominance\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eOn the Origins of Sexual Inequality\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePeggy Reeves Sanday (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521280754, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 30 April 1981\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e316 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.5 x 15.4 x 2.3 cm, 0.52 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn this book, Professor Peggy Sanday provides a ground-breaking examination of power and dominance in male-female relationships. How does the culturally approved interaction between the sexes originate? Why are women viewed as a necessary part of political, economic, and religious affairs in some societies but not in others? Why do some societies clothe sacred symbols of creative power in the guise of one sex and not of the other? Professor Sanday offers solutions to these cultural puzzles by using cross-cultural research on over 150 tribal societies. She systematically establishes the full range of variation in male and female power roles and then suggests a theoretical framework for explaining this variation. Rejecting the argument of universal female subordination, Professor Sanday argues that male dominance is not inherent in human relations but is a solution to various kinds of cultural strain. Those who are thought to embody, be in touch with, or control the creative forces of nature are perceived as powerful. In isolating the behavioural and symbolic mechanisms which institute male dominance, professor Sanday shows that a people's secular power roles are partly derived from ancient concepts of power, as exemplified by their origin myths. Power and dominance are further determined by a people's adaptation to their environment, social conflict, and emotional stress. This is illustrated through case studies of the effects of European colonialism, migration, and food stress, and supported by numerous statistical associations between sexual inequity and various cultural stresses.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of tables and figures\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Plans for Sex-Role Behaviour: 1. Scripts for female power\u003cbr\u003e 2. Scripts for male dominance\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Constructing Sex-Role Plans: 3. The environmental context of metaphors for sexual identities\u003cbr\u003e 4. Plans for the sexual division of labor\u003cbr\u003e 5. Blood, sex, and danger\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Women's World: 6. The bases for female political and economic power and authority\u003cbr\u003e 7. The decline of the women's world: the effect of colonialism\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. The Dynamics of Male Dominance and Sexual Inequality: 8. The bases for male dominance\u003cbr\u003e 9. Why women?\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Conquerors of the Land Flowing with Milk and Honey: Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Appendixes\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20anthropology,%20ethnography%20%5BJHMC%5D%22\"\u003eJHMC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46002522423576,"sku":"9780521280754","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521280754_bf4c25cd-cd0c-4953-b43a-21c9892c4ccb.gif?v=1691374453","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/female-power-and-male-dominance-on-the-origins-of-sexual-inequality-paperback-9780521280754","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}