| Defining Females: The Nature of Women in Society Contributor(s): Ardener, Shirley (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0367717883 ISBN-13: 9780367717889 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory - Social Science | Anthropology - General |
| Dewey: 301.412 |
| Physical Information: 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Second, Revised EditionTo what are we referring when we speak of women? What is the nature of women in society; what is the nature of women in society? These are the central questions of this classic text which looks at areas ranging from England and Greece to Mongolia and Africa. The authors - anthropologists, sociologists, ethnologists, neurologists and psychologists - consider the structural position of women; how they are defined by reference to physiological and social markers, and how they are required to behave. They also consider ways in which different cultures identify and deal with such natural' aspects of women as virginity, sexuality and childbearing. The broad variety of geographical perspectives reveals dissimilar as well as similar ideas about women - in their use of language and of space, matrifocality, and life trajectories. |