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Kinship and gender : an introduction

Author: Linda Stone
Publisher: Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1997.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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This undergraduate textbook uses anthropological kinship as a framework for the cross-cultural study of gender. Connecting kinship with gender, Linda Stone focuses on human reproduction and the social and cultural implications of male and female reproductive roles. Her insightful narrative introduces new ways of approaching and understanding cross-cultural variations.
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Stone, Linda, 1947-
Kinship and gender.
Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1997
(OCoLC)605977225
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Linda Stone
ISBN: 0813328586 9780813328584 0813328594 9780813328591
OCLC Number: 36112199
Description: xii, 292 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Gender, reproduction, and kinship --
The evolution of kinship and gender --
The power of patrilines --
Through the mother --
Double and cognatic descent --
Marriage --
A history of Euro-American kinship and gender --
Kinship, gender, and the new reproductive technologies : the beginning of the end?
Other Titles: Kindship & gender
Responsibility: Linda Stone.
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This undergraduate textbook uses anthropological kinship as a framework for the cross-cultural study of gender. Connecting kinship with gender, Linda Stone focuses on human reproduction and the social and cultural implications of male and female reproductive roles. Her insightful narrative introduces new ways of approaching and understanding cross-cultural variations.

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