Primates of Park Avenue by Martin Wednesday

Author:Martin,Wednesday
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

CHAPTER FIVE

A Girls’ Night In

Fieldnotes

The natives seem to have accepted me. After many months of observing their tribal ways, countless attempts to mimic and participate in their rites and rituals, and numerous overtures of friendship on my part, the hazing process may have ended. I have been invited to a gathering of high-ranking females at the dwelling hut of a wealthy and powerful chieftain and his wife.

Most tribal events are comprehensively sex-segregated. Events inside and outside one’s personal dwelling appear to be opportunities for females to bond; build coalitions via social inclusion, social exclusion, and gossip; and reaffirm their place and the place of others within the dominance hierarchy. In these contexts, self-presentation—including adornment of the body with particular textiles and of the face with specific pigments and enhancements—is of utmost importance.

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