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Mascia-Lees’ outstanding ability to synthesize complex ideas rewards readers with a text that clearly conceptualizes how differences of gender, race, class, and sexuality structure today’s globalizing world. It exposes the strengths and weaknesses of different theoretical orientations used in anthropology to study gender, difference, power, and inequality including feminist anthropology; black feminist anthropology; lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgendered theory; practice, postcolonial, symbolic, and psychological anthropology; as well as social evolutionism, sociobiology, and evolutionary psychology, among others. Mascia-Lees combines core components of these perspectives with insightful analyses and ethnographic examples to illustrate how global events and transformations have molded and continue to shape gender identities, behaviors, and expectations and produce and sustain worldwide inequalities. This exemplary treatment provides a solid background to understand complex issues and to think critically about remedying uneven degrees of privilege and experiences of oppression both within and across nations. Useful pedagogical elements unfold and bring to life historical events, theoretical perspectives, and evolving ideas. “Global News” features topics and issues of timely and special interest; “Ethnography in Focus” presents excerpts of some of the ethnographic contexts within which gender is constructed; and “Close-Up” sections expand on chapter concepts. A “Word Portfolio” list of key terms to be mastered is at the end of each chapter. (Not-for-sale instructor resource material available to college and university faculty only; contact the publisher directly.)
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Waveland Pr Inc (June 30, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1577665988
ISBN-13: 978-1577665984
Product Dimensions: 0.8 x 8 x 9.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #93,414 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #58 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Anthropology > Physical #158 in Books > Textbooks > Social Sciences > Gender Studies #180 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Gender Studies > General
I bought this textbook for my college level anthropology course, we used it for most of the concepts in the course, and supplemental readings to get a more comprehensive understanding of certain topics. Mascia-Lees did a good job of explaining the important elements of the concepts found in each chapter. Furthermore, the gray boxes of text about current events in relation to the concepts made it somewhat easier to understand. This textbook is good for explaining the history of anthropology as well as the key shifts in concepts in the past centuries. Anyways, this was a good foundation text for our class since it made a point to differentiate between gender, sex, and social roles attributed to each gender, my anthropology course made this same distinction. This text would be good for anyone's exploration between the construction of sex (biological/anatomical), gender, and social roles for each gender. The textbook came well within the expected delivery date in a new condition as promised. I gave it four stars because the textbook came as described in a new condition.
I personally liked this book, but could never sit and read more than 10 pages at a time. Too much information in each chapter, and the book is set up so reading one page is almost like reading three. The book was just a little to busy for me.
Any educated person, whether an anthropologist or not, will appreciate this work. It's enlightening and fascinating. This look at gender encompasses established anthropological principles and new ideas to create a new way of thinking about gender and race in the twenty-first century.
Exactly what I needed for class
Great buy. Awesome quality.
great book
This is little more than a training manual in using leftist buzzwords and hating white, heterosexual men.So it's perfect for any anthropology curriculum.
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