Simbu Aggression and the Drive to Win
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2582085 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paula Brown (0009-0006-7253-0395, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 165 |
| Publication date | 1986-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthropological Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-5491 • E-ISSN: 1534-1518 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3317330 |
| OpenAlex | W2318396818 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 23 |
Simbu, a tribal people of the Papua New Guinea highlands, were traditionally warriors; aggressive behavior is stimulated in youths and admired in men. Sexual segregation, male dominance, group solidarity, and rivalry directed by big men against opponent individuals and groups continue to support men's aggression. In the historicperiod this has taken the form of resurgence of violent tribal warfare and political conflict
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Anthropological perspectives on aggression
Melanesian Warfare
Gender and Social Change
Cross-cultural perspectives on aggression in women and girls
Structural Contradictions, War Traps and Peace
Sex differences in physical, verbal, and indirect aggression
Pouring Beer on Troubled Waters
The female world
Excess and restraint
Women in the kibbutz
Sala’Ilua a Samoan Mystery
Susto, a Folk Illness
Drinking, Homicide, and Rebellion in Colonial Mexican Villages
War, Its Causes and Correlates
The Politics of Reproductive Ritual
Patterns of Culture
Studies on antiviolent and “normal” communities
A Cross-Cultural Theory of Political Conflict and Violence
Toward a theory of schizophrenia
Contemporary Warfare in the New Guinea Highlands
Sociobiology
The Pacification of Melanesia
Big Men and War in New Guinea
Social Control and Vengeance in Plateau Tonga Society
Collective Defenses of Repression and Denial. Their Relationship to Violence among the Tarahumara Indians of Northern Mexico
Internal War
From Anarchy to Satrapy
Social Change and Primitive Law
New Guinea
Tairora
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,21 |
| Citation span | 1988 - 2001 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |