

Shows how gender is constructed and how instructors can apply what we have learned from feminist theory to an analysis of male gender roles and gender identity. It teaches students to compare similarities and differences in the way gender roles and ideologies are constructed around the world.

Provides instructors and students with breadth and depth in topics and regions covered in the world.

It approaches the material by a method that makes coverage appropriate for students from various levels. This reader introduces students to the most significant topics in the anthropology field of gender. It draws not only from classic sources, but also from the most recent, diverse literature on gender roles and ideologies around the world. For undergraduate/graduate-level courses in Anthropology of Gender, Sociology of Women, Introduction to Women's Studies, and Gender Roles.
