Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective (3rd Edition)
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This anthology introduces readers to the most significant topics in the field of anthropology of gender—drawing not only from classic sources, but also 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. For individuals who appreciate how gender roles and gender ideologies are culturally constructed in political and economic contexts.
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