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Sexual Meanings : The Cultural Construction of Gender and Sexuality

by Sherry B. Ortner, Harriet Whitehead
$37.42
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Gender and sexuality as cultural constructs in society.

This book is recommended for anyone seeking an in-depth analysis of how gender and sexuality are not natural but cultural constructs. It discusses a wide range of sex-related practices and beliefs in different cultures, demonstrating that these notions are shaped by societal processes and not simply biological facts. An essential read for anyone interested in anthropology and gender studies.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Sexual Meanings : The Cultural Construction of Gender and Sexuality

by Sherry B. Ortner, Harriet Whitehead
$37.42
ISBN: 9780521283755
Estimated First-hand Retail Price: $89.54
Authors: Sherry B. Ortner, Harriet Whitehead
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date of Publication: 1981-11-30
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.4
(rated by 15 readers)

Description

This 1996 collection of essays deals with the ways in which sex and gender are socially organized and conceptually construed in various cultures. Its scope is not limited to a series of cross-cultural issues of sex roles and sexual status but rather encompasses a wide range of sex-related practices and beliefs. Ceremonial virginity in Polynesian ritual androgynism in New Guinea, the valorization of young African bachelors, and fantasies of male self-sufficiency in South American myth are among the subjects discussed. Taken in their totality, these essays demonstrate that cultural notions sexuality and gender are seldom straightforward extrapolations of biological facts but are the outcome of social and cultural processes. The book is not only a compendium of symbolic approaches to gender but is also an important statement of the theoretical directions in anthropological research in this field.
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Gender and sexuality as cultural constructs in society.

This book is recommended for anyone seeking an in-depth analysis of how gender and sexuality are not natural but cultural constructs. It discusses a wide range of sex-related practices and beliefs in different cultures, demonstrating that these notions are shaped by societal processes and not simply biological facts. An essential read for anyone interested in anthropology and gender studies.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.