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.
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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.
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Very Good. Very Good Dust Jacket. Size: 6x0x8; 1st printing of second edition. Very good hardcover with DJ, from a personal collection (NOT ex-library). Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; boards and text also very good+. Unclipped dust jacket has light sunning. Shelfwear is very minor. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Very good; Collectible. SECOND PRINTING, FIRST EDITION WITH FULL PRINT LINE. NO NAMES OR MARKS SEEN. COVER WHOLE WITH GOOD COLOR AND MINIMAL FLAWS. STICKERS, VERY CLEAN PAGES. Fast Shipping and Good Packing by Highly Rated Seller. 04 03 2013 BK 02.