Chapter-Related Readings

Feminist scholars reflect on identity and difference.

Behar, R., and D. A. Gordon, eds.. (1995). Women Writing Culture. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Women, sex-gender roles, and social conditions in a matrilineal society: the Minangkabau.

Blackwood, E.. (2000). Webs of Power: Women, Kin, and Community in a Sumatran Village. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.

Lesbianism and male homosexuality in cross-cultural perspective.

Blackwood, E. and S. Wieringa, eds.. (1999). Female Desires: Same-Sex Relations and Transgender Practices across Cultures. New York: Columbia University Press.

A cross-cultural study of gender roles and relationships, from bands to industrial societies.

Bonvillain, N.. (2001). Women and Men: Cultural Constructions of Gender, 3rd ed.. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Gender in relation to class, race, ethnicity, sex, and sexuality.

Carver, T.. (1996). Gender Is Not a Synonym for Women.. Boulder, CO: Lynne Reinner.

Changing notions of masculinity in the context of a global economy.

Connell, R. W.. (1995). Masculinities. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Female roles and activities among prehistoric and contemporary foragers.

Dahlberg, F., ed.. (1981). Woman the Gatherer. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.

Feminist perspectives in archaeology.

Gilchrist, R.. (1999). Gender and Archaeology: Contesting the Past.. New York: Routledge.

Cross-cultural study of manhood as an achieved status.

Gilmore, D.. (1991). Manhood in the Making: Cultural Concepts of Masculinity. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.

The study of men in society and concepts of masculinity in the United States.

Kimmel, M. S., and M. A. Messner, eds.. (2001). Men’s Lives, 5th ed. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Essays on gender and culture as illustrated by everyday social interaction.

Lamphere, L., H. Ragone, and P. Zavella, eds.. (1997). Situated Lives: Gender and Culture in Everyday Life.. New York: Routledge.

Gender and sexuality in history and in the modern social context.

Lancaster, R. N., and M. Di Leonardo, eds.. (1997). The Gender/Sexuality Reader: Culture, History, Political Economy. New York: Routledge.

A series of articles, including several essays on human gender hierarchies, as well as those of nonhuman primates.

Miller, B. D., ed.. (1993). Sex and Gender Hierarchies. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Gender in relation to ethnic issues.

Peplau, L. A., ed.. (1999). Gender, Culture, and Ethnicity: Current Research about Women and Men. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield.

This study in medical anthropology relates health conditions and gender cross-culturally.

Pollard, T. M., and S. B. Hyatt. (1999). Sex, Gender, and Health. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Multicultural and ethnic perspectives.

Rathus, S. A., J. S. Nevid, and J. Fichner-Rathus. (2000). Human Sexuality in a World of Diversity, 4th ed.. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Classic anthology, with a particular focus on peasant societies.

Reiter, R., ed.. (1975). Toward an Anthropology of Women. New York: Monthly Review Press.

Another classic anthology, covering many areas of the world.

Rosaldo, M. Z., and L. Lamphere, eds.. (1974). Woman, Culture, and Society. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.

A global and comparative approach to the study of women.

Ward, M. C.. (1999). A World Full of Women. 2nd ed.. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

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