Introduces students to the most significant topics in anthropology of gender.

Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective is a one-volume reader built on classic contributions to gender and anthropology, incorporating recent literature on gender roles and ideology around the world.

It combines theoretically and ethnographically-based essays and is appropriate for undergraduate and beginning graduate students.

Learning Goals

Upon completing this book readers will be able to:

• Name the most significant topics in anthropology of gender
• Discuss the questions raised by the authors in each section
• Understand issues of gender in industrial society and developing societies

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