Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender: Men and Women in the World's Cultures Topics and Cultures A-K - Volume 1; Cultures L-Z -, Volume 2Carol R. Ember, Melvin Ember The central aim of this encyclopedia is to give the reader a comparative perspective on issues involving conceptions of gender, gender differences, gender roles, relationships between the genders, and sexuality. The encyclopedia is divided into two volumes: Topics and Cultures. The combination of topical overviews and varying cultural portraits is what makes this encyclopedia a unique reference work for students, researchers and teachers interested in gender studies and cross-cultural variation in sex and gender. It deserves a place in the library of every university and every social science and health department. Contents:- Glossary. Cultural Conceptions of Gender. Gender Roles, Status, and Institutions. Sexuality and Male-Female Interaction. Sex and Gender in the World's Cultures. Culture Name Index. Subject Index.
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Contents
Cultural Constructions of Gender | 3 |
Gender Stereotypes | 11 |
Biological Bases of Sex Differences | 27 |
Socialization of Boys and Girls in Natural Contexts | 34 |
Adolescence | 42 |
Personality and Emotion | 57 |
Courtship and Marriage | 71 |
Parental Roles | 78 |
257 | 484 |
Iatmul | 489 |
Ifugao | 498 |
Igbo | 508 |
Iranians | 528 |
Italians | 540 |
Jamaica | 551 |
Kayapo | 565 |
Economic Activities and Gender Roles | 91 |
Leadership Power and Gender | 97 |
War and Gender | 107 |
Religion Religiosity and Gender | 117 |
Contents | 118 |
GenderBased Social Groups | 128 |
The Relative Status of Men and Women | 137 |
Economic Development and Gender | 146 |
Language and Gender | 150 |
3 | 164 |
Transitions in the LifeCourse of Women | 171 |
Modesty and Sexual Restraint | 187 |
11 | 196 |
Homosexuality | 201 |
Transgender and Transsexuality | 216 |
Rape and Other Sexual Aggression | 230 |
Abaluyia | 247 |
Abelam | 257 |
Armenians | 265 |
Aymara | 277 |
Bakairí | 283 |
Bakkarwal | 293 |
Balinese | 303 |
Bamiléké | 316 |
Cherokee | 356 |
Chinese Americans | 364 |
Chipewyan | 371 |
Czechs | 382 |
Eastern Tukanoans | 389 |
Germans | 403 |
27 | 406 |
Greeks of Kalymnos | 417 |
Hadza | 425 |
Han Chinese | 433 |
Hma Btsisi | 443 |
71 | 451 |
Hmong of Laos and the United States | 452 |
Hopi | 465 |
Hungarians | 477 |
91 | 481 |
Kazakhs | 572 |
Kuna | 582 |
Kyrgyz | 592 |
Maasai | 608 |
Mardu | 625 |
274 | 634 |
Maya of the Yucatán Peninsula | 645 |
97 | 661 |
Mountain Arapesh | 680 |
Na | 697 |
Nandi | 716 |
Nepali | 733 |
Orang Suku Laut | 750 |
Rungus Dusun | 770 |
117 | 785 |
Samburu | 790 |
Shipibo | 806 |
Shoshone | 816 |
Spanish | 827 |
Swat Pathan | 833 |
128 | 846 |
Taiwan | 861 |
Tanna | 868 |
Tarahumara | 877 |
Tikopia | 885 |
Timpaus Banggai | 899 |
Trobriands | 912 |
Tswana | 922 |
Ukrainians | 930 |
Uzbeks | 946 |
West Indian Americans | 957 |
Yanomami | 967 |
Yapese | 976 |
Yupik Eskimos | 985 |
Yuquí | 997 |
Zapotec | 1006 |
137 | 1014 |
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