Civilized Women : : Gender and Prestige in Southeastern Liberia /

Civilized Women : : Gender and Prestige in Southeastern Liberia / / Mary Moran.

Civilized Women is concerned with the intersection of cultural constructions of gender and other systems of ranking among the Glebo people of Cape Palmas, in southeastern Liberia. Like other Liberians, the Glebo people make a social distinction between western-educated wage-earners, or "civiliz...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
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Moran, Mary,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
©1990
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:The Anthropology of Contemporary Issues
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Physical Description:1 online resource (210 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations, Figures, Tables
  • Preface
  • 1. Conceptualizing Gender and Prestige
  • 2. Cape Palmas and the Glebo: Categories of Personhood
  • 3. Civilization: Historical Development and Present Meaning
  • 4. Settlement, Household, and Status: Civilized and Native Towns
  • 5. Economic Options and Women's Independence
  • 6. The Management of Status: Women and the Glebo Community
  • 7. Conclusions: Gender and Prestige
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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