Judith K Brown
Biographic Data
| ID | 79440 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Judith K Brown |
| GIVEN NAMES | Judith K |
| FAMILY NAME | Brown |
| SIGNATURE | BROWN J K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Oakland University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4669-8443 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 37 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 647 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 36 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1963 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 12 |
Sanctions and Sanctuary
Women in Anthropology
Here, Our Culture Is Hard
Here, Our Culture Is Hard: Stories of Domestic Violence from. Mayan Community in Belize. Laura J. McClusky. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2001. 310 pp
Being in charge
Women's age hierarchies
In Her Prime
What does it mean to be a middle-aged woman, whether in tribal and peasant societies or in the industrialized world? Typically, according to contributors to this book, it means greater freedom, sometimes including greater sexual freedom, more authority, and opportunities for social recognition. A unique collection of articles about middle-aged women in different cultures around the world, this expanded and updated volume contains two new chapters…
General/Theoretical Anthropology
Sanctions And Sanctuary
Bringing together evidence from 15 Western and non-Western societies - ranging from hunter-gatherers to urban Americans - this book examines wife-beating from a worldwide perspective. Cross-cultural comparison aims to give a more accurate picture of cultural influences on wife-battering and to show the commonalities and differences of the phenomenon across world cultures. The authors offer hypotheses concerning the cultural factors that facilitat…
Becoming famous overnight
Nonfamous names presented once in an experiment are mistakenly judged as famous 24 hr later. On an immediate test, no such false fame occurs. This phenomenon parallels the sleeper effect found in studies of persuasion. People may escape the unconscious effects of misleading information by recollecting its source, raising the criterion level of familiarity required for judgments of fame, or by changing from familiarity to a more analytic basis for…
General/Theoretical Anthropology
In Her Prime
Examines the lives of middle-aged women in Africa, New Guinea, Belize, Australia, Malaysia, Israel, and Canada
Footnote to ember
The North American Berdache [and Comments and Reply]
The status of berdache among North American Indians was filled by persons, usually male, who remained members of their biological gender but assumed important social characteristics of the other gender. Concentrated in western and midwestern North America, berdaches were few. The status tended to disappear after Indian societies came under outside political control. Male berdaches, particularly, combined the social roles assigned to both genders.…
Emerging from the Chrysalis
Ecological Theory and Ethnic Differentiation Among Human Populations [and Comments and Replies]
The formation and maintenance of distinct ethnic populations within multiethnic communities is proposed to be functionally equivalent to the process of species diversification in multispecies communities. This paper suggests that while these processes operate through different selective mechanisms-one social and the other genetic-ethnic boundaries, like species boundaries, function to regulate the behavior of potentially competing populations in …
Cross-cultural Perspectives on Middle-aged Women [and Comments and Replies]
Several exploratory cross-cultural studies have suggested that positive changes take place in the lives of women in non-Western societies as they age beyond the childbearing years. They are freed from a variety of restrictions. They are given authority over certain specified kinsmen, and they are provided with opportunities for achievement and recognition beyond the household. The fact that such changes are more dramatic in some societies than in…
On Middle-aged Women
Women's Status in Egalitarian Society
The analysis of women's status in egalitarian society is inseparable from the analysis of egalitarian social-economic structure as a whole, and concepts based on the hierarchical structure of our society distort both. To see relations of power and property that characterize our society as present in band societies, although extremely weak, obscures the qualitatively different relations that obtained when, in place of dyadic lines of dependency, e…
General and Theoretical
Being Female
Socialization
Anthropology of women
Carolyn J. Matthiasson, ed. Many Sisters: Women in Cross‐Cultural Perspective. New York: The Free Press, 1974. xxi + 433 pp. Illustrations, maps, figures, bibliography, and index. $15.00 Yolanda Murphy and Robert F. Murphy. Women of the Forest. New York: Columbia University Press, 1974. xii + 236 pp. Maps, bibliography, and index. $10.00 (cloth); $3.45 (paper
A Reconsideration of Ida Hahn's 'Dauernahrung und Frauenarbeit
In 1919 Ida Hahn, sister and co-worker of the geographer Eduard Hahn, published an article on an obscure and unusual theme: the role of woman as food-provider in tribal societies. Innovative for its time, the article, little known, is of interest today for its implications and its insights into the problems that confront the investigation of sex roles in the '70s
Responses to ‘Requests for Papers
Archaeology
A N ote on t he D ivision of L abor by S ex 1
Although sex division of labor is a universal, the contribution that women make to subsistence varies markedly from society to society. It is suggested here that the degree to which women participate in subsistence activities depends upon the compatibility of the latter with simultaneous child‐care responsibilities. Women are most likely to make a substantial contribution when subsistence activities have the following characteristics: the partici…
The Anatomy of Envy
Envy is a pan-human phenomenon, universally feared, at least subconsciously, as a particularly dangerous emotion, since it implies hostility and aggression capable of destroying individuals and even societies. Especially in Western society, man has rather successfully repressed his true feelings about envy, which he is taught is the most shameful and reprehensible of all emotions. But even while denying it, man in all cultures has found devices, …
Women's Status in Egalitarian Society
The analysis of women's status in egalitarian society is inseparable from the analysis of egalitarian social-economic structure as a whole, and concepts based on the hierarchical structure of our society distort both. To see relations of power and property that characterize our society as present in band societies, although extremely weak, obscures the qualitatively different relations that obtained when, in place of dyadic lines of dependency, e…
Sanctions And Sanctuary
Bringing together evidence from 15 Western and non-Western societies - ranging from hunter-gatherers to urban Americans - this book examines wife-beating from a worldwide perspective. Cross-cultural comparison aims to give a more accurate picture of cultural influences on wife-battering and to show the commonalities and differences of the phenomenon across world cultures. The authors offer hypotheses concerning the cultural factors that facilitat…
A Cross-Cultural Study of Female Initiation Rites
The North American Berdache [and Comments and Reply]
The status of berdache among North American Indians was filled by persons, usually male, who remained members of their biological gender but assumed important social characteristics of the other gender. Concentrated in western and midwestern North America, berdaches were few. The status tended to disappear after Indian societies came under outside political control. Male berdaches, particularly, combined the social roles assigned to both genders.…
Economic Organization and the Position of Women among the Iroquois
Becoming famous overnight
Nonfamous names presented once in an experiment are mistakenly judged as famous 24 hr later. On an immediate test, no such false fame occurs. This phenomenon parallels the sleeper effect found in studies of persuasion. People may escape the unconscious effects of misleading information by recollecting its source, raising the criterion level of familiarity required for judgments of fame, or by changing from familiarity to a more analytic basis for…
Cross-cultural Perspectives on Middle-aged Women [and Comments and Replies]
Several exploratory cross-cultural studies have suggested that positive changes take place in the lives of women in non-Western societies as they age beyond the childbearing years. They are freed from a variety of restrictions. They are given authority over certain specified kinsmen, and they are provided with opportunities for achievement and recognition beyond the household. The fact that such changes are more dramatic in some societies than in…
Ecological Theory and Ethnic Differentiation Among Human Populations [and Comments and Replies]
The formation and maintenance of distinct ethnic populations within multiethnic communities is proposed to be functionally equivalent to the process of species diversification in multispecies communities. This paper suggests that while these processes operate through different selective mechanisms-one social and the other genetic-ethnic boundaries, like species boundaries, function to regulate the behavior of potentially competing populations in …
Emerging from the Chrysalis
In Her Prime
What does it mean to be a middle-aged woman, whether in tribal and peasant societies or in the industrialized world? Typically, according to contributors to this book, it means greater freedom, sometimes including greater sexual freedom, more authority, and opportunities for social recognition. A unique collection of articles about middle-aged women in different cultures around the world, this expanded and updated volume contains two new chapters…
G irls ' P uberty R ites
Anthropology of women
Carolyn J. Matthiasson, ed. Many Sisters: Women in Cross‐Cultural Perspective. New York: The Free Press, 1974. xxi + 433 pp. Illustrations, maps, figures, bibliography, and index. $15.00 Yolanda Murphy and Robert F. Murphy. Women of the Forest. New York: Columbia University Press, 1974. xii + 236 pp. Maps, bibliography, and index. $10.00 (cloth); $3.45 (paper
A Reconsideration of Ida Hahn's 'Dauernahrung und Frauenarbeit
In 1919 Ida Hahn, sister and co-worker of the geographer Eduard Hahn, published an article on an obscure and unusual theme: the role of woman as food-provider in tribal societies. Innovative for its time, the article, little known, is of interest today for its implications and its insights into the problems that confront the investigation of sex roles in the '70s
Here, Our Culture Is Hard
Here, Our Culture Is Hard: Stories of Domestic Violence from. Mayan Community in Belize. Laura J. McClusky. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2001. 310 pp
Footnote to ember
Initiation Rites for Girls
Subsistence Variables
Sex Division of Labor among the the San Blas Cuna
In spite of Western contact, the economy of the Cuna Indians remained unchanged for centuries. Only in relatively recent times have the cultivation of a cash crop and participation in international trade superseded subsistence agriculture in importance. Subsistence agriculture, which was formerly the work of women, is now conducted by men, yet women have retained an important role in the economy. The present paper traces these developments and at…
A Cross-Cultural Study of Female Initiation Rites
Cross-Cultural Ratings of Subsistence Activities and Sex Division of Labor
Subsistence Variables
G irls ' P uberty R ites
A N ote on t he D ivision of L abor by S ex 1
Although sex division of labor is a universal, the contribution that women make to subsistence varies markedly from society to society. It is suggested here that the degree to which women participate in subsistence activities depends upon the compatibility of the latter with simultaneous child‐care responsibilities. Women are most likely to make a substantial contribution when subsistence activities have the following characteristics: the partici…
Economic Organization and the Position of Women among the Iroquois
Sex Division of Labor among the the San Blas Cuna
In spite of Western contact, the economy of the Cuna Indians remained unchanged for centuries. Only in relatively recent times have the cultivation of a cash crop and participation in international trade superseded subsistence agriculture in importance. Subsistence agriculture, which was formerly the work of women, is now conducted by men, yet women have retained an important role in the economy. The present paper traces these developments and at…
Initiation Rites for Girls
Other
The Anatomy of Envy
Envy is a pan-human phenomenon, universally feared, at least subconsciously, as a particularly dangerous emotion, since it implies hostility and aggression capable of destroying individuals and even societies. Especially in Western society, man has rather successfully repressed his true feelings about envy, which he is taught is the most shameful and reprehensible of all emotions. But even while denying it, man in all cultures has found devices, …
General and Theoretical
Ethnology
Responses to ‘Requests for Papers
Archaeology
Socialization
Anthropology of women
Carolyn J. Matthiasson, ed. Many Sisters: Women in Cross‐Cultural Perspective. New York: The Free Press, 1974. xxi + 433 pp. Illustrations, maps, figures, bibliography, and index. $15.00 Yolanda Murphy and Robert F. Murphy. Women of the Forest. New York: Columbia University Press, 1974. xii + 236 pp. Maps, bibliography, and index. $10.00 (cloth); $3.45 (paper
A Reconsideration of Ida Hahn's 'Dauernahrung und Frauenarbeit
In 1919 Ida Hahn, sister and co-worker of the geographer Eduard Hahn, published an article on an obscure and unusual theme: the role of woman as food-provider in tribal societies. Innovative for its time, the article, little known, is of interest today for its implications and its insights into the problems that confront the investigation of sex roles in the '70s
Being Female
Women's Status in Egalitarian Society
The analysis of women's status in egalitarian society is inseparable from the analysis of egalitarian social-economic structure as a whole, and concepts based on the hierarchical structure of our society distort both. To see relations of power and property that characterize our society as present in band societies, although extremely weak, obscures the qualitatively different relations that obtained when, in place of dyadic lines of dependency, e…
General and Theoretical
Ecological Theory and Ethnic Differentiation Among Human Populations [and Comments and Replies]
The formation and maintenance of distinct ethnic populations within multiethnic communities is proposed to be functionally equivalent to the process of species diversification in multispecies communities. This paper suggests that while these processes operate through different selective mechanisms-one social and the other genetic-ethnic boundaries, like species boundaries, function to regulate the behavior of potentially competing populations in …
Cross-cultural Perspectives on Middle-aged Women [and Comments and Replies]
Several exploratory cross-cultural studies have suggested that positive changes take place in the lives of women in non-Western societies as they age beyond the childbearing years. They are freed from a variety of restrictions. They are given authority over certain specified kinsmen, and they are provided with opportunities for achievement and recognition beyond the household. The fact that such changes are more dramatic in some societies than in…
On Middle-aged Women
The North American Berdache [and Comments and Reply]
The status of berdache among North American Indians was filled by persons, usually male, who remained members of their biological gender but assumed important social characteristics of the other gender. Concentrated in western and midwestern North America, berdaches were few. The status tended to disappear after Indian societies came under outside political control. Male berdaches, particularly, combined the social roles assigned to both genders.…
Emerging from the Chrysalis
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