Kinship to Kingship Gender Hierarchy and State Formation in the Tongan Islands

✍ Scribed by Gailey, Christine Ward

Publisher: University of Texas Press
Year: 1987
Tongue: English
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

The first book to examine in detail how and why gender relations become skewed when classes and the state emerge in a society.

✦ Table of Contents

AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart One: The Quest for Origins1. The Subordination of Women: Gender in Transitions from Kinship to Class2. State FormationPart Two: Gender and Kinship Relations in Precontact Tonga3. Authority and Ambiguity: Rethinking Tongan Kinship4. The Reproduction of Ambiguity: Succession Disputes, Marriage Patterns, and Foreigners5. Division of Labor6. Exchange and Value7. Gender Relations at ContactPart Three: Conversion, Commodities, and State Formation8. Early Contact9. Missionaries: The Crusade for Christian Civilization10. A Native Kingdom: Creating Class and Gender Stratification11. Changing Production: Commodities, Tribute, and Forced Labor12. Dialectics of Class and State FormationAppendix: Sources and MethodsNotesGlossaryReferencesIndex

✦ Subjects

Kinship;Kinship--Tonga;Kinship -- Tonga;Tonga

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