Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978.

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.


Papua New Guinea--Social life and customs.

GN671.N5 / M45

GN 479 / M479s 1935