Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies

An anthropological study of three tribes in New Guinea. CONTENTS: Introduction; PART ONE: THE MOUNTAIN-DWELLING ARAPESH - I. Mountain Life; II. A Co-operative Society; III. The Birth of an Arapesh Child; IV. Early Influences That Mould The Arapesh Personality; V. The Growth and Initiation of an Arapesh Boy; VI. The Growth and Betrothal of an Arapesh Girl; VII. Arapesh Marriage; VIII. The Arapesh Ideal and Those Who Deviate From It; PART TWO: THE RIVER-DWELLING MUNDUGUMOR - IX. The Pace of Life In a Cannibal Tribe; X. The Structure of Mundugumor Society; XI. The Development of the Individual Mundugumor; XII. Youth and Marriage Among the Mundugumor; XI. Deviants From the Mundugumor Ideal; PART THREE: THE LAKE-DWELLING TCHAMBULI; XIV. The Pattern of Tchambuli Social Life; XV. The Contrasting Roles of Tchambuli Men and Women; XVI. The Unplaced Tchambuli Man and Woman; PART FOUR: THE IMPLICATION OF THESE RESULTS; XVII. The Standardization of Sex-Temperament; XVIII. The Deviant; Conclusion; Index.