ABSTRACT

This book examines gang rape, clitoridectomy, abduction of women, ritual belittling of men, modern feminist criticism, and the "war between the sexes". It deals with the politics of large state-sized units and conflict in the form of overt war between Indians and colonial powers.

chapter 1|19 pages

Gender Totemism

chapter 7|45 pages

Histrionics in Culture

chapter 8|19 pages

War and the Sexes in Amazonia