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Australian studies in law, crime and justice
Women in transition : social control in Papua New Guinea
Cyndi Banks
ISBN 0 642 18635 9
Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, 1993
Abstract
Banks discusses the social control of women in a changing Papua New Guinea society. How the legal system treats women in Papua New Guinea, and the effects of the social control system on the status of women are issues that she discusses at length. Accounts of social control and women in the Bena Bena, Arapesh, Tolai and Orokaiva cultural groups are given.
Contents
- Acknowlegements (PDF 6kB)
- Contents (PDF 12kB)
- Introduction (PDF 30kB)
- Chapter 1: 'Taim bilong masta' (Colonial period) (PDF 44kB)
- Chapter 2: 'Nau taim bilong yumi yet' (Post independence) (PDF 58kB)
- Chapter 3: Bena Bena (PDF 70kB)
- Chapter 4: Arapesh (PDF 70kB)
- Chapter 5: Tolai (PDF 61kB)
- Chapter 6: Orokaiva (PDF 53kB)
- Chapter 7: Conclusion (PDF 44kB)
- Glossary (PDF 9kB)
- References (PDF 27kB)
- Additional reading (PDF 13kB)
- Index (PDF 11kB)