Fighting women Book

	Foreword
	Acknowledgments
1	Introduction	1
	Feminism and Aggression	3
	Aggression Defined	4
	Stories of Aggression	6
	Ethnography and Ethics	11
	The Romance of Fieldwork and Violence Toward Women	15
	Who This Book Is For	19
2	Aggression at Mangrove	21
	Aggression and Gender Relations in Aboriginal Australia	21
	Mangrove	23
	The Settlement and Aggression	28
	Aggression, Authority, and Law	31
	Aggression in Daily Life	33
3	The Cultural Construction of Anger and Aggression	44
	Anger and Aggression	49
	Jealousy and Aggression	57
	Intoxication and Anger	60
	Why People Are Aggressive	63
	What Is Aggression?	68
4	The Control of Aggression	72
	Lily's Fight	73
	The Aftermath of Aggression	82
	Shame	84
	Revenge	86
	Reunification	91
5	Women and Aggression	97
	Competition	100
	Anthropological Perspectives on Aggression and Competition	101
	Aggression and Competition at Mangrove	103
	Competition: Adaptation or Reflex?	107
	Aggression and Hierarchy	109
	Women, Polygyny, and Competition	111
	Food, Children, and Work in Polygynous Households	114
	Aggression as Competition at Mangrove	117
	Men and Resources	118
	Women, Men, and Displaced Aggression	120
	Women, Aggression, and Cooperation	125
	Fighting through the Life Cycle	130
6	Women, Men, and Interpersonal Aggression	133
	Male and Female Aggression	133
	Male and Female Aggression at Mangrove	134
	Aggression and Gender Relations	138
	Aggression and Authority in Aboriginal Australia	141
	The Concepts of Status and Gender Relations	142
	Domestic Aggression and Women's Autonomy at Mangrove	144
	Perceived Sex Differences in Aggressive Behavior	146
	The Legitimacy of Male Aggression	149
	The Protection of Women	155
	Wife Beating and Wife Battering	158
	Social Support for Victims of Male Aggression	164
	Men, Women, and Supernatural Aggression	167
	Conclusion	176
7	Conclusion	179
	The Cultural Construction of Anger and Aggression	179
	Aggressive Women, the Battered Husband Controversy, and "the Victim's Viewpoint"	184
	Taking an Aggressive Stance	186
	Notes	193
	References	205
	Index	237