Small Places, Large Issues: An Introduction to Social and Cultural AnthropologyA revised and updated edition of this unique best-selling guide to social and cultural anthropology. |
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Page 112
... Gender There are two fundamentally different ways of regarding gender differ- ences . On the one hand , there are certain biological differences between men and women ; the genitals look different and function differently , women give ...
... Gender There are two fundamentally different ways of regarding gender differ- ences . On the one hand , there are certain biological differences between men and women ; the genitals look different and function differently , women give ...
Page 113
... gender is not natural and God - given , but socially created . The great cultural variation regarding con- ceptions and conventions about gender reveals this . Probably all societies hold notions about the ' naturalness ' of certain ...
... gender is not natural and God - given , but socially created . The great cultural variation regarding con- ceptions and conventions about gender reveals this . Probably all societies hold notions about the ' naturalness ' of certain ...
Page 121
... gender . This brings us far from the original preoccupations of what is ' really ' male and female ( the search for essences ) , and shows that the study of gender is an important dimension in the study of society as such . Age Like gender ...
... gender . This brings us far from the original preoccupations of what is ' really ' male and female ( the search for essences ) , and shows that the study of gender is an important dimension in the study of society as such . Age Like gender ...
Contents
Comparison and Context | 1 |
Fieldwork and Interpretation | 14 |
The Social Human | 30 |
Copyright | |
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Small Places, Large Issues: An Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology Thomas Hylland Eriksen No preview available - 1995 |
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