Women and men cultural constructs of gender
Pt. I. The impact of material conditions on gender roles. Summary list of cultures. -- Prologue. Women in prehistory ; Plan of the book. -- Egalitarian foraging societies. Traditional foraging societies. The Ju/'hoansi of Botswana and Namibia, The Inuit and Inupiat of Arctic North America, C...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Upper Saddle River, N.J.
Pearson Prentice Hall
c 2007
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| Ausgabe: | 4th ed. |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Pt. I. The impact of material conditions on gender roles. Summary list of cultures. -- Prologue. Women in prehistory ; Plan of the book. -- Egalitarian foraging societies. Traditional foraging societies. The Ju/'hoansi of Botswana and Namibia, The Inuit and Inupiat of Arctic North America, Comparing the Ju/'hoansi and Inuit ; Transformation of foraging societies. The Ju/'hoansi, The Inuit, The Montagnais-Naskapi of Labrador. -- Pastoral and horticulture societies. The origins of farming ; Pastoral economies. Native peoples of the Plains of North America ; Mixed pastoral and farming economies. The Navajo of Southwestern North America, The Nuer of Sudan, The Luo of Kenya ; Horticultural economies. The Huron and Iroquois of Northeastern North America, The Yanomamo of Brazil and Venezuela, The Jivaro of Peru, The Igbo of Nigeria ; Comparing pastoral and horticultural societies. -- Stratified societies. The Haida and Tlingit of the Canadian Pacific Coast ; The Kpelle of Liberia ; The Mpondo of the Transkei ; The Tonga of the South Pacific. -- Agricultural states. The Inca of Peru ; India ; China. -- Industrial economy: the United States. Early industrial development. Marginalization of women in industry, The cult of domesticity, Occupations for women, Scientific housework, Changing attitudes toward child care ; Women and work through the middle of the twentieth century ; Women, men, and work into the twenty-first century. House work ; Patriarchal society and capitalist economy. Recent ideological attacks on gender equality. -- Global economic development. Latin America ; Africa ; India ; Asia ; The Pacific ; Socialist societies ; United Nations social and economic data. -- Pt. II. Ideological constraints on gender constructs. Gender and the body. A third gender ; The body and its role in reproduction. Puberty, Reproduction, Birthing, Women's so-called reproductive illnesses ; Female genital mutilation ; Hormones and behavior ; Nutrition ; Gender and aging ; Healing and healers. Ju/'hoansi healers, Sri Lankan healers, Health practitioners in the United States, Women's informal healing roles. -- Gender and religion. Creation and creators ; Menstrual taboos ; Purity, pollution, and sexuality. Hinduism, Hindu deities, Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Religion and homosexuality ; The identity of God ; Women's spirituality ; Spirit possession ; Ritualists. Asian Shaman, Specialization of men's and women's ritual roles ; The language or religion. -- Gender and language. -- Gender-exclusive patterns ; Linguistic and stylistic preferences. Gender differences in English, Gender differences in Japanese, Gender differences in Javanese, Gender differences in Malagasy, Gender differences in Kuna ; Gender images in language. English, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, Mohawk. -- Epilogue. -- Glossary |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | IX, 374 S. Ill. 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 013111476X 0-13-111476-X 9780131114760 978-0-13-111476-0 |