Women of the Forest
| Author | : Yolanda Murphy |
| Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
| Total Pages | : 330 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0231132328 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780231132329 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (28 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Women of the Forest by : Yolanda Murphy
Download or read book Women of the Forest written by Yolanda Murphy and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the first works to focus on gender in anthropology, this book remains an important teaching tool on gender and life in the Amazon. Women of the Forest covers Yolanda and Robert Murphy's year of fieldwork among the Mundurucu people of Brazil in 1952, taking into account the historical, ecological, and cultural setting. The book features a new critical foreword written collectively by respected anthropologists who were all students of the Murphys.
