Sex, Gender, and Kinship A Cross-Cultural Perspective

Name: Sex, Gender, and Kinship A Cross-Cultural Perspective
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ISBN: 9780132065337

ISBN-10: 0132065339

ISBN-13: 9780132065337

Edition: 1997

Authors: Burton Pasternak, Carol R. Ember, Melvin Ember

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Responding to a growing interest in the nature and place of family in society, this text looks at gender, families, family relationships and the role of larger kin groups from a cross-cultural perspective. It draws upon ethnographic accounts and cross-cultural studies to determine and illustrate possible characteristics and outcomes, highlight options that occur more or less frequently, andwhere possibleto account for choices made.

Book details

List price: $105.80
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 10/23/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 324
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English




Introduction



Sexuality


Why Is Reproduction Sexual?


Sexuality in Primates


Culture Channels Sexuality



Gender, Division of Labor, and Social Behavior



Physical Differences Between Human Females and Males


Division of Labor by Gender


Gender and Personality


On the Status of Women



Marriage and other Mated Relationships


The Stable Mated Relationship


The Meaning of Marriage


Forms of Marriage: How Many Does One Marry?



Marriage and the Incest Taboo


Forbidden Sex: How Universal the Incest Taboo?


Explaining the Incest Taboo



Extension of the Incest Taboo


Cousin Marriage and the Incest Taboo


Other Marital Shoulds and Shouldn'ts



Getting Married


Courtship and Mate Selection


Transacting Marriage


Celebrating Marriage



The Marital Relationship


Sex within Marriage


To Be or Not to Be Close



Divorce and Remarriage


Divorce


Widows and Widowers



Marital Residence: Who Goes Where, Why, and What Are the Consequences?


Residence, Family, and Kin Groups


Marital Residence and the Place of Women


Determinants of Post-Marital Residence



Family and Household


Family Extension and Societal Complexity


Variation within Societies


Family and Household


Female-Focused Families


Other Implications of Family Variation



Desent Groups: Kinship Beyond the Family


Reckoning Descent


Why Do Descent Groups Develop?


Descent Group Structures


The Unlikely Chinese Descent Group



Reflections



The Gender Focus of Social Groups


The Culture of Violence


Societal Complexity and the Transformation of Kinship


Where Will It All End?


References


Index