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For gender courses taught in anthropology, womens studies, sociology, and psychology departments. A cross-cultural study of gender roles and relationships, this text presents a synthesis of a wide range of ethnographic and historical data concerning the roles of women and men in many different kinds of societies-with a focus on both material conditions and ideological valuations that affect and reflect cultural models of gender.* NEW-A chapter on "Global Economic Development" (Ch. 7)-Discusses the positive and negative effects of economic development programs on womens and mens economic, social, and political roles. * Allows students to see how the global economy affects the roles of both men and women. * NEW-A revised/combined chapter on gender and language (Ch. 10)-Combines data on gender and language from English and from several non-Indo-European languages spoken in other parts of the world. * Integrates the information about language and gender so that students can see the relationship between the two. * NEW-New research is integrated into many discussions, and updated statistics are included, especially on income and employment in the U.S. * Provides students with the most current research and data. * Gender roles in various types of societies-From bands to industrial states. * Allows students to see how roles change depending on the type of society being described. * An abundance of cross-cultural examples. * Compares and contrasts gender roles in a variety of societies. * An analysis of the historical development of industrialization in the United States-And its use of gender inequalities in pre-existing societies. * Details the impact of industrialization on gender inequalities in pre-existing societies. * A discussion on the function of religious beliefs and practices-In justifying and reinforcing gender roles and relations. * Shows how religious beliefs can reinforce gender roles and relations within various types of societies.

Table of Contents:

I. THE IMPACT OF MATERIAL CONDITIONS ON GENDER ROLES.

 1. Prologue.
 2. Egalitarian Foraging Societies.
 3. Pastoral and Horticultural Societies.
 4. Stratified Economics
 5. Agricultural States
 6. Industrial Economy: The United States.
 7. Global Economic Development.

II. IDEOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS ON GENDER CONSTRUCTS.

 8. Gender and the Body.
 9. Gender and Religion.
10. Gender and Language.
11. Epilogue.
Glossary.
Index.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780130259738
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Pearson
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 17 mm
  • Weight: 429 gr
  • ISBN-10: 013025973X
  • Publisher Date: 31 Jul 2000
  • Binding: Paperback
  • No of Pages: 344
  • Sub Title: Cultural Constructs of Gender
  • Width: 229 mm


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