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<p><P> A cross-cultural study of gender roles and relationships, this book presents a synthesis of a wide range of ethnographic and historical data concerning the roles of women and men in wide range of different kinds of societies--with a focus on both material conditions and ideological valuations that affect and reflect cultural models of gender. First looks at the impact of material conditions on gender roles&#58; Foragers; Farmers; Agricultural States; Industrial Economy&#58; The United States; and Women and Global Economic Development. Then explores ideological constraints on gender constructs&#58; Gender and the Body; Gender and Religion; Gender and Language. For anyone interested in gender roles from an anthropological, sociological, and psychological perspective.</p> <h3>Booknews</h3> <p>In this update to the 1995 edition, the author presents anthropological studies of 18 cultures<-->from traditional foraging band and tribal societies to the industrial economy of the US<-->of the divergent impact of material conditions and ideological constraints on the social category of gender roles. Glossary. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.</p>

Author

Bonvillain, Nancy

Publisher

Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Prentice Hall

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780131114760

Subjects

Anthropology, Sociology, Science