<p>Gender and Culture in America traces the evolution of gender identity and gender interaction from colonial times to the present. In addition to general chapters on American gender issues through time, the book features specific chapters devoted to minority ethnic groups and college/university students, as well as new chapters on persons of alternate sexual orientation and on extranuptial families. It also includes a new section on new reproductive technologies and their implications. Each of the nine chapters is accompanied by a series of questions, which may be used either for written response or as stimuli to group discussion. Along the way, the authors explore the paradox of contemporary students who simultaneously enjoy the fruits of the feminist movement but distrust feminists; describe the evolution of the Victorian notion of True Womanhood and the influence it holds over our culture to this day; and explain how the Cult of True Romance derails many college women from pursuing their dreams by subtly encouraging them to choose majors and careers that limit their potential. Maintaining an historical perspective within a general anthropological orientation, Gender and Culture in America is appropriate as a core text or supplement for courses throughout the social sciences, including departments of sociology, anthropology, and women's studies.</p>

Gender and Culture in America

Nancy McKee

Linda Stone

Sloan Educational Publishing

<p>The world today is increasingly concerned with and intrigued by "culture," yet misconceptions about it abound. This introduction to cultural anthropology explores the concept of culture through the refutation of many commonly-held myths about the subject including, for example, that some cultures are intrinsically superior to others, or that as cultures have evolved through time they have resulted in greater well-being for most of the world's population. Common Myths of Culture begins by exploring the notion of culture, touching upon its biological basis and development through time. Subsequent chapters explore aspects of culture such as communication, making a living, family structure, and group organization. Each of these sections includes considerations of societies that range from small-scale groups to metropolitan populations through time and space, and each chapter considers issues of social inequality and gender. The overarching concern of the authors is, in the words of the German poet Novalis, to "make the strange familiar and the familiar strange" and thus to illustrate the central teaching of anthropology, that humans are dramatically diverse in their cultural practices but profoundly the same in their shared needs, goals, and capabilities.</p>

Common Myths of Culture An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

Nancy P. McKee

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Gender and Culture in America

Common Myths of Culture An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology