Gender in cross-cultural perspective
By: edited by Caroline Brettell and Carolyn F. Sargent.
Contributors: Brettell, Caroline.; Sargent, Carolyn Fishel, 1947-
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 590
Subjects: Sex role -- Cross-cultural studies
Genres: Cross-cultural studies.
Description: This anthology introduces readers to the most significant topics in the field of anthropology of gender--drawing from the most recent, diverse literature on gender roles and ideology around the world. A clear, accessible approach to the subject matter includes topics such as biology, gender, and human evolution; gender and prehistory; domestic and public worlds; the cultural construction of gender and personhood; culture and sexuality; division of labor; property and the state; household and kinship; ritual and religion; politics; reproduction; colonialism, development, and the global economy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.