Synopses & Reviews
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: Foragers; Farmers; Agricultural States; Industrial Economy: The United States; and Women and Global Economic Development. Then explores ideological constraints on gender constructs: Gender and the Body; Gender and Religion; Gender and Language. For anyone interested in gender roles from an anthropological, sociological, and psychological perspective.
Table of Contents
Bonvillain, Women and Men: Cultural Constructs of Gender 4/E
Part I The Impact of Material Conditions on Gender Roles
Chapter 1 Prologue
Chapter 2 Egalitarian Foraging Societies
Chapter 3 Pastoral and Horticultural Societies
Chapter 4 Stratified Societies
Chapter 5 Agricultural States
Chapter 6 Industrial Economy: The United States
Chapter 7 Global Economic Development
Part II Ideological Constraints on Gender Constructs
Chapter 8 Gender and the Body
Chapter 9 Gender and Religion
Chapter 10 Gender and Language
Chapter 11 Epilogue