Gender Symbolism and Power Relations
A Reassessment of the Amb Kor Cult of Mt. Hagen
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4775654 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mary Hawkins (0000-0003-4450-2478, The University of Sydney, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 217-224 |
| Publication date | 2010-05-10 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mankind (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0025-2328 • E-ISSN: 2204-2121 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1835-9310.1984.tb01402.x |
| OpenAlex | W2157169340 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 11 |
This paper explores expressions of gender symbolism in a fertility cult of Mount Hagen. This cult – the amb kor – has been analysed by Andrew Strathern in terms of its symbolic construction as a set of statements about male/female relations, his emphasis being on the operation of reversal, pairing and opposition within the cult. My contention is that such a structural analysis is insufficient. Through a discussion of historical process in Hagen I attempt to locate amb kor in a more materialist framework, viewing is as a discourse on the state of power relations in Hagen. In this respect, I see amb kor as being equally a set of statements about male/male relations as male/female
Cult · Epistemology · Materialism · Opposition (politics) · Political science · Power (physics) · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · The Symbolic · Theology · Cross-Cultural and Social Analysis · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
Nature, culture, and gender
The Rope of Moka
Sexual meanings, the cultural construction of gender and sexuality
Outline of a Theory of Practice
Economics of the Mount Hagen Tribes, New Guinea
Gender, Ideology and Money in Mount Hagen
Anthropological Conceptions of Religion
The Female and Male Spirit Cults in Mount Hagen
Despots and Directors in the New Guinea Highlands
From Pigs to Pearlshells
Symbolic Power
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1984 - 2010 (27) |
| Highly cited | No |