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100			_aBrettell, Caroline B. (ed.)
245		0	_aGender in cross-cultural perspective
250			_a6th ed
260			_aLondon
260			_bRoutledge
260			_c2013
300			_a466p.
520			_aThe initial idea for this reader came from the experience of teaching undergraduate courses in gender and anthropology. In reviewing the textbooks available for an introductory course, we came to the conclusion that there was a need for a readable text that built on the classic contributions of the 1970s while incorporating the more recent and diverse literature on gender roles and ideology around the world. Although a number of sophisticated theoretical works devoted to this subject existed, we felt there was a dearth of classroom material available in one volume and appropriate for less advanced students, whether undergraduates or beginning graduate students. We have had several goals in mind as we selected materials for the sixth edition. As in previous editions, we want to introduce students to the most significant topics in the field of the anthropol- ogy of gender. These include the study of men and women in prehistory; the relationship between biology and culture; the cultural construction of masculinity, femininity, sexuality, personhood, and the body; variations in the sexual division of labor and economic organization; women's involvement in ritual and religion; and the impact of the state and the global economy on gender relations and gender identities. In this edition, we have added some additional articles on lesbian and gay identities. We have always considered it important to maintain the broad cross-cultural coverage evident in the first edition of this book. This breadth encourages comparative analysis of the themes under discussion and allows us to address issues of gender in industrial society as well as in developing societies. In this edition, we have added a few more articles based on research in North America as well as replaced some older articles with those based on more current field research in some of the sections. Some may find a favorite article no longer in the book. We thought hard about this and decided, based on our own experiences of teaching the class, that several of these articles no longer had an impact on twenty-first century students. We are always willing to receive feedback regarding these "classics." In the sixth edition, we have asked several new authors to write original pieces (Covey, Gulbas, Joyce, Parikh, Matza, Bowen, Lewin, Santos, and MacDonald) or to adapt previously published pieces for use here (Hirsch, Childs, Brennan, Moodie, Osella and Osella). In this edition, we have also continued to expand the number of studies that deal with masculinity and male gender roles (Santos, Osella and Osella, Lewin). Although we have maintained a commitment to combining theoretically and ethnographically based essays in the book, in this edition we have included more case studies, choosing to incorporate the broader theoretical questions in our section introductions. In these introductions, we continue to review as clearly as possible some of the significant issues debated in particular subject areas within the anthropology of gender. These introductions, updated for the current edition, are intended to orient students to the essays in the section and to provide a context in which readers can understand more fully each essay. Each introduction concludes with a list of references that can be used by teachers and students to examine further the questions raised in that section. We have maintained the order of the fifth edition but retitled and reorganised the final section to We do not expect all instructors to assign the sections in the order that they appear in the text. better represent the articles contained in it. The order makes sense to us, but our ultimate goal is be related to essays in other sections. We also have no intention of imposing a particular theoretical to provide for maximum flexibility in teaching. Indeed, there are essays in some sections that can that reflect a variety of theoretical orientations to enable instructors to emphasize their own approach perspective, although our own predilections may be apparent to some readers. We include readings desires, can be complemented by the use of full ethnographies.
650			_aGender Studies
700			_aSargent, Carolyn F.
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