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Preface 1. Introduction to Baruya society Part I. Social Hierarchies in Baruya Society: 2. Women's subordinate position 3. The institution and legitimization of male superiority: initiations and the separation of the sexes Part II. The Production of Great Men: Powers Inherited, Power Merited: 4. Male hierarchies 5. The discovery of great men 6. General view of Baruya social hierarchies 7. The nature of man/woman relations among the Baruya: violence and consent, resistance and repression 8. Great men societies, big men societies: two alternative logics of society Part III. Recent Transformations of Baruya Society: 9. The colonial order and independence Conclusion 10. The ventriloquist's dummy Bibliography Index.
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