Civilized Women

by Mary H. Moran

Book Overview

Civilized Women is concerned with the intersection of cultural constructions of gender and other systems of ranking among the Glebo people of Cape Palmas, in southeastern Liberia. Like other Liberians, the Glebo people make a social distinction between western-educated wage-earners, or "civilized people," and traditional subsistence agriculturists, or "natives." The civilized-native dichotomy splits the Glebo community and Liberian society in general,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801495547
• ISBN13: 9780801495540
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher