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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SEX AND GENDER
MEN AND WOMEN IN THE WORLD'S CULTURES |
| Volume: |
Volume 1 |
| By: |
Carol R. Ember (Editor), Melvin Ember (Editor) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£268.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
030647770X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780306477706 |
| Publisher: |
SPRINGER SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA |
| Pub. date: |
31 December, 2003 |
| Pages: |
1070 |
| Description: |
Aim to give the reader a comparative perspective on issues involving conceptions of gender, gender differences, gender roles, relationships between the genders, and sexuality. This is reference work for students, researchers and teachers interested in gender studies and cross-cultural variation in sex and gender. |
| Synopsis: |
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. The 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; and, Subject Index. |
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biography |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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