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The Isthmus Zapotecs : a matrifocal culture of Mexico /

This case study has long been valued for its unique gender role model and its focus on the only matrifocal indigenous culture in Latin America. The new edition updates historical data and explores new case material on Zapotec attitudes toward gender variations.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chiñas, Beverly
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Fort Worth : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers, ©1992.
Edition:2nd edition.
Series:Case studies in cultural anthropology.
Subjects:
Zapotec Indians > Social life and customs.
Zapotec women.
Sex role > Mexico > Tehuantepec, Isthmus of.
Indian women > Mexico.
Ethnology > Case studies.
Zapotec Indians > Case studies.
Ethnology.
Indians of North America.
Women.
Anthropology, Cultural
Ethnology
Indians, North American
Role
Women
Mexico
Zapotèques > Mœurs et coutumes.
Femmes des Peuples autochtones > Mexique.
Ethnologie > Études de cas.
Zapotèques > Études de cas.
Zapotèques > Femmes.
Rôle selon le sexe > Mexique > Tehuantepec, Isthme de.
Femmes zapotèques.
Ethnologie.
Peuples autochtones > Amérique du Nord.
Femmes.
women (female humans)
Indian women.
Sex role.
Zapotec Indians.
Mexico.
Mexico > Isthmus of Tehuantepec.
Börngen
Soziale Rolle
Zapoteken
Frau
Zapotèques > Moeurs et coutumes.
Rôle selon le sexe > Mexique.
Zapoteken.
Sex role > Mexico > Tehuantepec, Isthmus of
Zapotec Indians > Social life and customs
Zapotec women
Case Reports
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Description
Summary:This case study has long been valued for its unique gender role model and its focus on the only matrifocal indigenous culture in Latin America. The new edition updates historical data and explores new case material on Zapotec attitudes toward gender variations.
Physical Description:xxvi, 133 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-133).
ISBN:0030550572
9780030550577