Matriarchal Societies
Studies on Indigenous Cultures Across the Globe
©2012
Monographs
XXXVIII,
533 Pages
Summary
This book presents the results of Heide Goettner-Abendroth’s pioneering research in the field of modern matriarchal studies, based on a new definition of «matriarchy» as true gender-egalitarian societies. Accordingly, matriarchal societies should not be regarded as mirror images of patriarchal ones, as they have never needed patriarchy’s hierarchical structures of domination. On the contrary, matriarchal patterns are socially egalitarian, economically balanced, and politically based on consensus decisions. They have been created by women and are founded on maternal values. This new perspective on matriarchal societies is developed step by step by the analysis of extant indigenous cultures in Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
Details
- Pages
- XXXVIII, 533
- Year
- 2012
- ISBN (PDF)
- 9781453908075
- ISBN (Softcover)
- 9781433125126
- DOI
- 10.3726/978-1-4539-0807-5
- Language
- English
- Publication date
- 2012 (March)
- Keywords
- domination consensus maternal values Matriarchy Maternal Values The Feminine Divine Women's Role Men's Role Gender Matriliny Social Structure Gift Economy Indigenous Cultures Economy of Subsistence
- Published
- New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2012. XXXVIII, 533 pp., num. ill.
