McKee and Stone is an accessible, edited collection of articles on gender and culture in the United States. The reader is organized from an anthropological perspective, including articles that examine issues of gender from a historical and ethnographic perspective. The articles also focus on variation in ethnicity and sexual identity. Articles come from a range of different disciplines and genres, including academic anthropology, sociology and women's studies. This reader provides an introduction to issues of gender and culture in America including alternative sexual preferences and gender identities, Native American and African-American dimensions of gender and culture, Latino/Latina and Asian-American dimensions of gender and culture, and the college campus. For individuals interested in gender issues.

Readings in Gender and Culture in America

Politics & Social Sciences

Stone, Linda

McKee, Nancy P.

Social Sciences

Pearson

This lively book uses a historical framework to address gender in America in terms of a set of dominant cultural themes—explaining how these themes both fluctuate over time, and are responded to in different ways by various ethnic groups and social classes. It encourages readers to consider gender in America as enmeshed in the country's distinctive cultural traditions. Chapter topics include a cultural history of American gender: 1600 to 1900; .a look at the twentieth century; coverage of native Americans, African Americans, Latinos, and Asian Americans; gender on the college campus; and themes and issues of American gender. For anyone interested in getting a better look at mainstream American cultural values concerning gender.

Gender and Culture in America (2nd Edition)

PRENTICE/HALL

Approaches American gender through and historical and multicultural framework. This text seeks to challenge students to consider that addressing gender inequality in America involves not just activism or new laws and policies, but new modes of throught, a rethinking of our deepest, taken-for-granted and premises about the world.

Gender and Culture in America

Self-Help

Evolution and Religious Creation Myths: How Scientists Respond

Polls show that 45% of the American public believes that humans were created about 10,000 years ago and that evolution is a fictitious myth. Another 25% believes that changes in the natural world are directed by a supernatural being with a particular goal in mind. This thinking clashes head on with scientific findings from the past 150 years, and there is a dearth of public critical thinking about the natural world within a scientific framework. Evolution and Religious Creation Myths seeks to educate and arm the public on the differences between myth and science, fiction and theory. The book begins with a whirlwind tour of creation stories from several religions. The authors then explore how certain forms of religious fundamentalism clash with the science of evolution. They review how creationists and intelligent design proponents misuse and misrepresent scientific terminology and conclusions to further their own agendas. How do scientists respond to this threat? Modern science, which includes a level of indeterminacy, or chance, cannot support the premise that a supernatural designer engineered nature for a particular purpose in a deterministic fashion. This holds true for the creation of the universe, the appearance of the first biological molecules, chemical evolution, and the evolution of life forms through mutation, natural selection, and genetic drift. Instead, human biological and cultural evolution is described within a genetic framework. Scientists use a barrage of genetic tests and DNA phylogenies to support the scientific basis for evolution. For anyone who has ever needed to argue why evolution and creationism are not both valid theories that deserve equal attention, this book clearly defines the difference between theory and myth. Scientists, teachers, and defenders of the truth should read this book in preparation for when they are called upon to respond.

Lurquin, Paul F.

Oxford University Press

MySearchLab provides students with a complete understanding of the research process so they can complete research projects confidently and efficiently. Students and instructors with an internet connection can visit www.MySearchLab.com and receive immediate access to thousands of full articles from the EBSCO ContentSelect database. In addition, MySearchLab offers extensive content on the research process itself–including tips on how to navigate and maximize time in the campus library, a step-by-step guide on writing a research paper, and instructions on how to finish an academic assignment with endnotes and bibliography.        McKee and Stone is an accessible, edited collection of articles on gender and culture in the United States. The reader is organized from an anthropological perspective, including articles that examine issues of gender from a historical and ethnographic perspective. The articles also focus on variation in ethnicity and sexual identity. Articles come from a range of different disciplines and genres, including academic anthropology, sociology and women's studies.   This reader provides an introduction to issues of gender and culture in America including alternative sexual preferences and gender identities, Native American and African-American dimensions of gender and culture, Latino/Latina and Asian-American dimensions of gender and culture, and the college campus.   For individuals interested in gender issues.

Readings In Gender And Culture In America- (Value Pack w/MyLab Search)

Anthropology

Drawing links between genetic and cultural development, Cavalli-Sforza developed groundbreaking techniques to trace the evolution of Homo sapiens and the origins of human differentiation, in addition to his earlier work in bacterial genetics. He is also the founder of the Human Genome Diversity Project and continues to work as the principal investigator at Stanford University's Human Population Genetics Laboratory. Based on extensive research and interviews with Cavalli-Sforza and his colleagues, this biography examines the scientist's life and his immense and occasionally controversial contributions to genetics, anthropology, and linguistics.

A Genetic and Cultural Odyssey: The Life and Work of L. Luca Cavalli-Sforza

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

Columbia University Press

In this revised and updated edition of Kinship and Gender, Linda Stone uses anthropological kinship as a framework for the cross-cultural study of gender. Connecting kinship with gender, she focuses on human reproduction and the social and cultural implications of male and female reproductive roles. Her insightful narrative introduces new ways of approaching and understanding cross-cultural variations.Stone provides coverage of the field of kinship at the introductory level, but she also explores the major issues and debates in the study of the interrelation of gender and culture. She reviews studies of primate kinship, considers ideas about the evolution of human kinship, and looks at kinship and gender in relation to different modes of descent as illustrated through ten in-depth ethnographic case studies. Stone examines marriage through case studies of marriage in ancient Rome and Himalayan polyandry and she offers a history of Euro-American kinship and gender, as well as an examination of the repercussions of the new reproductive technologies on both kinship and gender. In this new edition, material on primate kinship and new reproductive technologies has been updated; three new case studies on primate kinship, American kinship, and new reproductive technologies have been included.

Kinship and Gender: An Introduction

Stone, Linda S.

Westview Press

Designed for undergraduate courses in kinship, gender, or the two combined, Linda Stone’s Kinship and Gender is the product of years of teaching. The topic of kinship comes alive when linked to gender issues; conversely, the cross-cultural study of gender benefits from a workingknowledge of kinship. This essential book successfully merges these two disciplines, demonstrating their relevance to students’ lives and enhancing students’ understanding of other cultures. Fourteen case studies throughout the book illuminate the intricate connections between kinship and gender across a variety of cultural groups. The fourth edition features a new chapter that reveals how kinship structures and related gender roles underlie many current social problems around the world. Also new to this edition are two original case studies, discussion questions, and listings of useful websites to aid further research.

Does kinship still matter in today's globalized, increasingly mobile world? Do family structures continue to influence the varied roles that men and women play in different cultures? Answering with a resounding yes!”, Linda Stone offers a lively introduction to and working knowledge of kinship. She firmly links these concepts to cross-cultural gender studies, illuminating the malleable nature of gender roles around the world and over time. Written to engage students, each chapter provides key terms and useful generalizations gleaned through cross-cultural research on the interplay of kinship and gender in both traditional societies and contemporary communities. Detailed case studies help students understand how such generalizations are experienced in real life.” Stone also considers the ramifications of current social problems and recent developments in reproductive technology as she demonstrates the relevance of kinship and gender to students' lives. The fully-revised fifth edition features discussion of cross-cultural examples complimented by expanded coverage of kinship and gender dynamics within the United States. Stone considers current evolutionary research on kinship and gender, and offers new case studies addressing international adoptions and polygynous marriage. An entirely new chapter explores the globalization of kinship in the 21st century. The result is a broad and captivating exploration of anthropological approaches to family and gender.

Using ethnographic methods, this text analyzes villagers' cultural use of food and food symbols, and contrasts Hindu Nepalese social ideology with that of the Western world, where individualism and equality are expressed and valued.

Illness Beliefs and Feeding the Dead in Hindu Nepal: An Ethnographic Analysis (Studies in Asian Thought and Religion, Vol 10)

History

Asia

Edwin Mellen Pr

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Readings in Gender and Culture in America

Gender and Culture in America (2nd Edition)

Gender and Culture in America

Evolution and Religious Creation Myths: How Scientists Respond

Readings In Gender And Culture In America- (Value Pack w/MyLab Search)

A Genetic and Cultural Odyssey: The Life and Work of L. Luca Cavalli-Sforza

Kinship and Gender: An Introduction

Kinship and Gender: An Introduction

Kinship and Gender: An Introduction

Illness Beliefs and Feeding the Dead in Hindu Nepal: An Ethnographic Analysis (Studies in Asian Thought and Religion, Vol 10)