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matriarchy
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ma·tri·ar·chy
/ ˈmātrēˌärkē/
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n.
(pl. -chies)
a system of society or government ruled by a woman or women.
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a form of social organization in which descent and relationship are reckoned through the female line.
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the state of being an older, powerful woman in a family or group:
she cherished a dream of matriarchy—catered to by grandchildren.
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Imagining matriarchy: "kingdoms of women" in Tang China.
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 4/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...of evolutionary matriarchy lost its appeal...anthropologists consider matriarchies such as the Amazon...of evolutionary matriarchy, treating aspects...living fossils" of matriarchies of dominant female...possibility of matriarchy, arguing that...IMAGINED CHINESE MATRIARCHIES ...
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Matriarchies as Societies of Peace: re-thinking matriarchy.(women and peace)(Essay)
Magazine article from: off our backs; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...certain guidelines and codes. With matriarchies, equality does not mean a mere leveling...worldviews and faiths. More precisely, matriarchies are societies with complementary equality...peacemaking. And this is what makes matriarchies so attractive to those looking for...
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[Reinventing Africa: matriarchy, religion & culture]
Magazine article from: Anthropologica; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...such as racism, gender, feminism, matriarchy, classism, religion and how these...theory of the dialectical tension between matriarchy and patriarchy in African societies...African family has served as the basis of matriarchy in terms of goddess-based religions...
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'LaBute should make a film about a matriarchy and have done with it - it doesn't fit'
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 10/3/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...number of disadvantages. One was that he wanted to make a story about a matriarchy. That is another film and not The Wicker Man. "He should make a film about a matriarchy and have done with it and not try and stick it where it doesn't really...
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Rising matriarchy?, JACK WEEKS, Concord - Letter
Newspaper article from: Concord Monitor; 1/1/2006; 300 words
; ...society may be heading toward a time when women could dominate our business, government and the professions. A 21st-century matriarchy? Perhaps the Monitor could investigate and publish its findings in future issues. JACK WEEKS Concord
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Women's Wisconsin: From Native Matriarchies to the New Millennium.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 5/1/2006; 458 words
; 0870203614 Women's Wisconsin; from native matriarchies to the new millenium. Ed. by Genevieve G. McBride. State Hist. Soc. of Wisconsin 2005 486 pages $37.95 Paperback HQ1438...
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Greyhounds: Joy for Jo and 'Minnies' matriarchy.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England); 9/2/2004; 468 words
; ...various litters before Woodcroft Jo secured his Category Two Derby title for this lesser-known branch of the famed 'Minnies' matriarchy. Granddam Princess Nikita was a July 1990 litter-sister to Nikitas Sand, an Anglo-Irish International winner at Shelbourne...
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Women's Wisconsin.(Women's Wisconsin: From Native Matriarchies to the New Millennium)(Brief article)(Book review)
Newspaper article from: Wisconsin Bookwatch; 11/1/2005; 512 words
; ...53711-2059 www.wisc.edu/wisconsinpress 0870203614 $37.95, 1-800-621-2736 Women's Wisconsin: From Native Matriarchies To The New Millennium is an anthology of essays by learned historians as well as primary sources such as letters, reminiscences...
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National Library of Canada: Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchy?
News Wire article from: Canadian Corporate News; 4/17/2002; 574 words
; ...Society for Cretan Historical Studies (Iraklio) and is currently chairman of the British School at Athens. Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchy? The Minoans of Crete of the Bronze Age (3000-1000 B.C.) had one of the world's most sophisticated early cultures...
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IN OUR PAGES: 100, 75 AND 50 YEARS AGO1928: America Is 'a Matriarchy'
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 1/15/2003; 188 words
; ...familiar to British readers. The count is in the United States on a lecture tour. He finds the country an ''interesting matriarchy,'' where women rule directly and not as in France, Spain and Italy, where women rule through their men indirectly...
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Matriarchy
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Matriarchy Matriarchy is a complex and controversial term. It is emotionally and politically...world turned upside down, and indeed monstrous. The concept of matriarchy encompasses several component parts that delineate arenas of power...
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matriarchy
Book article from: A Dictionary of Sociology
matriarchy There are two uses of the term matriarchy. The first is identical to common usage, denoting a type...women, who lost the political power they had enjoyed under matriarchy. Like all evolutionary theories the claim that human prehistory...
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Mother
Book article from: -Ologies and -Isms
281. Mother See also 77. CHILDREN ; 153. FATHER ; 307. PARENTS ; 327. PREGNANCY . matriarchy a system of social order wherein final authority is vested in the mother or eldest female and in which descent is reckoned in the...
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Akan
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...wealth of the host lineage. Although there has been much confusion in accounts of the Akan peoples between matriliny and matriarchy, authority within clans and lineages is held firmly by men, succession being from a man to his brother or to his closest...
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Morgan, Lewis Henry
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
...evident, Morgan theorized a progressive series of kinship stages, from “primitive promiscuity” through matriarchy and patriarchy to monogamy, thus thoroughly historicizing contemporary marriage norms. This work appealed to a diverse range...
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