8. Matriarchal Myth in the Late Nineteenth Century: Why Then? Why Not Before?

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter v
2. Contents ix
3. Illustrations xi
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. 1. The Travels and Travails of Matriarchal Myth 1
6. 2. Amazons Everywhere: Matriarchal Myth before Bachofen 15
7. 3. On the Launching Pad: J. J. Bachofen and ‘Das Mutterrech‘ 36
8. 4. The Matriarchal Explosion: Anthropology Finds Mother Right (and Itself) 65
9. 5. Making Matriarchal Myth Work: Communists and Feminists Discover the Mother Age 100
10. 6. Mother Right on the Continent 133
11. 7. Struggling to Stay Alive: Anthropology and Matriarchal Myth 162
12. 8. Matriarchal Myth in the Late Nineteenth Century: Why Then? Why Not Before? 180
13. Notes 193
14. Bibliography 247
15. Index 265