THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF GENDER FEMALE CANNIBALISM IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA
In Papua New Guinea, gender identity has been described as strict segregation and oppression of women. However, cannibalism can give us new insights into a gender identity. Culture creates boundaries that imply division, though “sameness” is experienced. This social experience is projected onto the...
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Ss Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
2017-11-01
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| description | In Papua New Guinea, gender identity has been described as strict segregation and oppression of women. However, cannibalism can give us new insights into a gender identity. Culture creates boundaries that imply division, though “sameness” is experienced. This social experience is projected onto the body. In the act of cannibalism, substance and power are exchanged. Gender identity reflects then an ideology, not a body function. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9851743dcd1b42ba956bce23fec584f72023-12-01T09:51:16ZengSs Cyril and Methodius University in SkopjeEtnoAntropoZum1409-939X1857-968X2017-11-011310.37620/EAZ15130055tTHE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF GENDER FEMALE CANNIBALISM IN PAPUA NEW GUINEAIlka ThiessenIn Papua New Guinea, gender identity has been described as strict segregation and oppression of women. However, cannibalism can give us new insights into a gender identity. Culture creates boundaries that imply division, though “sameness” is experienced. This social experience is projected onto the body. In the act of cannibalism, substance and power are exchanged. Gender identity reflects then an ideology, not a body function.https://etno.pmf.ukim.mk/index.php/eaz/article/view/35cannibalismgendersubstancepowersameness and difference |
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| title | THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF GENDER FEMALE CANNIBALISM IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA |
| title_full | THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF GENDER FEMALE CANNIBALISM IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA |
| title_fullStr | THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF GENDER FEMALE CANNIBALISM IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA |
| title_full_unstemmed | THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF GENDER FEMALE CANNIBALISM IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA |
| title_short | THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF GENDER FEMALE CANNIBALISM IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA |
| title_sort | social construction of gender female cannibalism in papua new guinea |
| topic | cannibalism gender substance power sameness and difference |
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