This work provides an examination of power and dominance in male-female relationships. It offers solutions to various cultural questions by using cross-cultural research on over 150 tribal societies and presents the full range of variation in male and female power roles.[...]
The practice of cannibalism is in certain cultures rejected as evil, while in others it plays a central part in the ritual order. Anthropologists have offered various explanations for the existence of cannibalism, none of which, Peggy Sanday claims, is adequate. In this book she presents a new appro[...]