ABSTRACT

This book explores gender cross-culturally through the framework of kinship. It includes fifteen ethnographic case studies to give students a strong sense of the intricate interconnections between kinship and gender as a lived experience and among a variety of cultural groups.

chapter 1|28 pages

Gender, Reproduction, and Kinship

chapter 2|32 pages

The Evolution of Kinship and Gender

chapter 3|44 pages

The Power of Patrilines

chapter 4|40 pages

Through The Mother

chapter 5|29 pages

Double, Bilateral, and Cognatic Descent

chapter 6|31 pages

Marriage

chapter 10|21 pages

The Globalization Of Kinship