Gender in cross-cultural perspective
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Gender in cross-cultural perspective
Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2005
4th ed
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Includes bibliographies and index
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Description
For undergraduate/graduate-level courses in Anthropology of Gender, Sociology of Women, Introduction to Women's Studies, and Gender Roles.
This reader introduces students 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. It takes a clear, accessible approach to the subject matter, making coverage appropriate for students from a variety of levels.
Table of Contents
(NOTE: Eachnew reading is bolded and indicated with an asterisk.)
I. BIOLOGY, GENDER, AND HUMAN EVOLUTION.
Animal Models and Gender, Marlene Zuk.
The Role of Women in Human Evolution, Margaret Ehrenberg.
Gender and War: Are Women Tough Enough for Military Combat? Lucinda J. Peach.
Lifeboat Ethics: Mother Love and Child Death in Northeast Brazil, Nancy Scheper-Hughes.
The Cultural Nexus of Aka Father-Infant Bonding, Barry S. Hewlett.
II. GENDER AND PREHISTORY.
Gender in Prehistory: An Archaeological Challenge, Margaret W. Conkey.
Where Have All the Menstrual Huts Gone? The Invisibility of Menstrual Seclusion in the Late Prehistoric Southeast, Patricia Galloway.
Maya Royal Women: A Lesson in Pre-Columbian History, Davis Freidel and Stanley Guenter.
III. DOMESTIC WORLDS AND PUBLIC WORLDS.
The Domestic Sphere of Women and the Public World of Men: The Strengths and Limitations of an Anthropological Dichotomy, Louise Lamphere.
"It's a Pleasure to Cook for Him": Food, Mealtimes and Gender in Some South Wales Households, Anne Murcott.
Fatherhood and the Mediating Role of Women, Nicholas W. Townsend.
Cities of Women, Mary Weismantel.
IV. EQUALITY AND INEQUALITY: THE SEXUAL DIVISION OF LABOR AND GENDER STRATIFICATION.
Woman the Hunter: The Agta, Agnes Estioko-Griffin and P. Bion Griffin.
The Sexual Division of Labor on Vanatinai, Maria Lepowsky.
Pastoral Nomadism and Gender: Status and Prestige, Economic Contribution, and Division of Labor among the Tuareg of Niger, Susan Rasmussen.
Women and Work in a Post Revolutionary Society: Urban Cooperatives and the Informal Economy in Nicaragua, Florence Babb.
V. THE CULTURAL CONSTRUCTION OF GENDER AND PERSONHOOD.
Rituals of Manhood: Male Initiation in Papua New Guinea, Gilbert H. Herdt.
The Manhood Puzzle, David D. Gilmore.
The Named and the Nameless: Gender and Person in Chinese Society, Rubie S. Watson.
"The Making and Unmaking of Persons: Gender and Body in Northeast India," Sarah Lamb.
"Acting Out of Control" as a Form of Control Among Pittsburgh Police Officers, Bonnie McElhinny.
VI. CULTURE AND SEXUALITY AND THE BODY.
Is There a Muslim Sexuality? Changing Constructions of Sexuality in Egyptian Bedouin Weddings, Lila Abu-Lughod.
From Pollution to Love Magic: The New Anthropology of Menstruation, Alma Gottleib.
Women's Intimate Friendships and Other Affairs: An Ethnographic Overview, Evelyn Blackwood.
"Hijras: An "Alternative" Sex/Gender in India," Gayatri Reddy and Serena Nanda.
"Measuring Up to Barbie: Ideals of the Feminine Body in Popular Culture," Jacqueline Urla and Alan C. Swedlund.
VII. GENDER, PROPERTY, AND THE STATE.
Thinking about Women and the Origin of the State, Rayna Rapp.
Dowry, Bride Burning and Female Power in India, Linda Stone and Caroline James.
Encountering the State: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Women's Political Experience, Josephine Caldwell Ryan.
Japanese Mothers and Obentos: The Lunch Box as Ideological State Apparatus, Anne Allison.
VIII. GENDER, HOUSEHOLD, AND KINSHIP.
Male Authority and Female Autonomy: A Study of the Matrilineal Nayers of Kerala, South India, Shanti Menon.
Domestic Networks: "Those You Count On," Carol Stack.
Matrifocality, Power, and Gender Relations in Jamaica, Marsha Prior.
The Female World of Cards and Holidays: Women, Families, and the Work of Kinship, Micaela di Leonardo.
IX. GENDER, RITUAL, AND RELIGION.
Spirit Possession and Gender Complementarity: Zar in Northern Sudan, Janice Boddy.
"Tradition" and Threat: Women's Obscenity in Giriama Funerary Rituals, Janet McIntosh.
Mama Lola and the Ezilis: Themes of Mothering and Loving in Haitian Vodou, Karen McCarthy Brown.
Shamans, Bodies and Sex: Misreading a Korean Ritual, Lauren Kendall.
X. GENDER, POLITICS, AND REPRODUCTION.
Gender and Ritual: Giving Birth the American Way, Robbie Davis-Floyd.
The Politics of Reproduction in a Mexican Village, Carole H. Browner.
Surrogate Motherhood: Rethinking Biological Models, Kinship, and Family, Helena Ragone.
Female Genital Cutting: Cultre and Controversy, Ellen Gruenbaum.
XI. COLONIALISM, DEVELOPMENT, AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY.
The Impact of Development on Women: The Interplay of Material Conditions and Gender Ideology, Victoria Lockwood.
Doing Their Homework: The Dilemma of Planning Women's Garden Programs in Bangladesh, Margot Wilson-Moore.
Factory as Home and Family: Female Workers in the Moroccan Garment Industry, M. Laetitia Cairoli.
"Wild Pigs and Dog Men": Rape and Domestic Violence as Women's Issues in Papua New Guinea, Laura Zimmer-Tamakoshi.
Consuming Desires, Contested Selvs: Rural Women and Labor Migration in Thailand, Mary Beth Mills.
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