Sex, Gender, and Kinship : A Cross-Cultural Perspective

Kinship and Social Organization, Sex and Gender, Anthropology of Marriage and the Family. Responding to a growing interest in the nature and place of family in society, this text looks at gender, marriage, families, family relationships, and the role of larger kin groups from a cross-cultural perspective.

It draws upon ethnographic accounts and cross-cultural studies to illustrate and discuss possible cause and consequences.