Female and Male in Borneo: Contributions and Challenges to Gender Studies
Vinson H. Sutlive, Jr., Editor
Little is known about human sexuality in Borneo. From the information available, we may make a number of generalizations:
in all the indigenous societies women’s roles are highly valued
strategies for the socialization of children for the roles of female or male are as diverse as Borneo’s ethnic groups
there is considerable variation in attitudes and openness about sex
insofar as evidence is available rape does not occur within the societies represented in this volume
Hardback
ISBN 0-9629568-0-5
1991
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About the Editor
Vinson Sutlive was born and grew up in Alabama. He was educated at Asbury College (B.A., Psychology), Vanderbilt University (B.D.), Scarritt College (M.A. in Foreign Studies), and the University of Pittsburgh (Ph.D. in Anthropology). In 1957, he and his wife, Joanne Veydt Sutlive, went with their children to Sarawak, where they worked as missionaries until 1972 when Dr. Sutlive was appointed to the Department of Anthropology of The College of William and Mary. He served as department chair for 11 years. He is the Executive Director of the Borneo Research Council. He is Editor-in-Chief of The Encyclopedia of Iban Studies, a four-volume work.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction - Vinson Sutlive and George N. Appell
Sex Role Symmetry Among the Rungus of Sabah - Laura W. R. Appell
Individuation of the Drives of Sex and Aggression in the Linguistic and Behavioral Repertoire of the Rungus - G. N. Appell
Latah Behavior by Females Among the Rungus of Sabah Amity Appell Doolittle
The Children of Nising: Images of Headhunting and Male Sexuality in Iban Ritual and Oral Literature - Julian Davison and Vinson Sutlive
Warriors and Weavers: A Study of Gender Relations Among the Iban of Sarawak - Valerie Mashman
The Cultural Logic of Textile Weaving Practices Among the Ibanic People - Richard Allen Drake
"Meanwhile, Back Home" Bejalai and Their Effects on Iban Men and Women - Peter M. Kedit
Latah in Sarawak, with Special Reference to the Iban - Robert L. Winzeler
The Anger Within the Flesh of the House: Mengalong Lun Dayeh Cosmology as Argument About Babies and Birds - Jay B. Crain
Male/Female Distinction Among the Selako - William M. and Mary Jo Schneider
Kadayan Men and Women - Allen R. Maxwell
Gender and Class in Central Borneo - Jérôme Rousseau
On "The Watersnake Which is Also a Hornbill": Male and Female in Ngaju Dayak Mortuary Symbology - Anne Schiller
The Penis Pin: An Unsolved Problem in the Relations Between The Sexes in Borneo - Donald E. Brown
European-Indigenous Miscegenation and Social Status in Nineteenth-Century Borneo - Robert H. W. Reece
Keling and Kumang in Town: Urban Migration and Differential Effects on Iban Women and Men - Vinson Sutlive