Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies

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anthropological study book

Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies is a landmark anthropological study by Margaret Mead that examines gender roles and cultural variation through fieldwork in three New Guinea societies.

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instanceOf	anthropological study ⓘ book ⓘ
alternativeName	Sex and Temperament ⓘ Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies ⓘ surface form: Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies: A Study of the Sex Temperament in the Primitive Society
argues	gender roles are largely culturally constructed rather than biologically determined ⓘ
author	Margaret Mead ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
discipline	anthropology ⓘ
examinesSociety	Arapesh ⓘ Mundugumor ⓘ Tchambuli ⓘ
fieldworkLocation	New Guinea ⓘ Sepik River ⓘ surface form: Sepik region
firstEditionFormat	print ⓘ
focusesOn	cultural construction of femininity ⓘ cultural construction of masculinity ⓘ relationship between sex and temperament ⓘ variation of gender roles across cultures ⓘ
genre	cultural anthropology ⓘ social anthropology ⓘ
hasCriticism	later anthropologists questioned accuracy of some ethnographic descriptions ⓘ
hasTheme	critique of Western gender stereotypes ⓘ cultural relativity of gender norms ⓘ
influenced	debates on nature versus nurture ⓘ feminist anthropology ⓘ second-wave feminism ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	cultural variation ⓘ gender roles ⓘ personality and culture ⓘ
methodology	ethnographic fieldwork ⓘ participant observation ⓘ
notableFor	challenge to biological determinism of sex differences ⓘ comparative study of three New Guinea societies ⓘ impact on public understanding of gender ⓘ
publicationYear	1935 ⓘ
publisher	William Morrow and Company ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor	Coming of Age in Samoa ⓘ Growing Up in New Guinea ⓘ
setting	Arapesh society ⓘ Mundugumor society ⓘ Tchambuli society ⓘ
subdiscipline	gender studies ⓘ psychological anthropology ⓘ
timePeriodOfFieldwork	early 1930s ⓘ

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