Sex and gender hierarchies
By: edited by Barbara Diane Miller.
Contributors: Miller, Barbara D., 1948-
Series: Publications of the Society for Psychological Anthropology ;; 4
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Cambridge, [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 401
Subjects: Sex role -- Cross-cultural studies; Sex differences -- Cross-cultural studies; Social status -- Cross-cultural studies; Primates -- Behavior
Description: A generation of feminist research has explored the extent to which the roles - and expectations - of women and men vary across cultures.  They document the rich and often surprising diversity in sex and gender hierarchies among both human and non-human primates.

In this volume, leading anthropologists reflect on the evidence and theories, broadening the conventional field of comparison to include female/male relationships among non-human primates and introducing fresh case studies which range from lemurs to hominids, from Japanese peasants to male strippers in Florida, from skeletal remains of a Korean queen to mother/child conversationsin Samoa.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.