| 释义 |
Tchambuli, n. (and a.)|tʃamˈbuːlɪ|
[Native name.]
A people inhabiting the Sepik river region of Papua New Guinea; their language. Also attrib. or as adj.
Known principally through the work of Margaret Mead (1901–78), U.S. anthropologist.
1935M. Mead Sex & Temperament in Three Primitive Societies xiv. 238 The Tchambuli people are a small tribe; only five hundred in all speak the language, and one divison of these speaks it with a different accent. Ibid. 242 The Tchambuli were not enthusiastic about warfare or head-hunting. 1938― in Anthropol. Papers Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. XXXVI. 159 The Tchambuli speak a multiple gender Papuan language which is considered very difficult by the ..Aibom and the Iatmül. These neighboring people do not speak Tchambuli. 1963B. Friedan Feminine Mystique vi. 136 The Tchambuli, where the woman was the dominant, impersonal managing partner, and the man the less responsible and emotionally dependent person. 1984Washington Post 26 Aug. (Book World) 1/2 [Margaret Mead's] professional reputation ultimately rests on..nearly two years spent in New Guinea between 1931 and 1933, where she divided her time among the Arapesh, the Mundugumor, and the Tchambuli. |