Gender in history
global perspectives
- ISBN: 9781405189958
- Editorial: John Wiley & Sons Limited
- Fecha de la edición: 2010
- Lugar de la edición: Oxford. Reino Unido
- Edición número: 2nd ed
- Encuadernación: Rústica
- Medidas: 23 cm
- Nº Pág.: 229
- Idiomas: Inglés
Updated with new material to reflect the latest developments in the field, Gender in History: A Global Perspective, 2nd Edition, provides a concise overview of the construction of gender in world cultures from the Paleolithic era to modern times. * Includes examples drawn from the most recent scholarship relating to a diverse range of cultures, from Ancient Mesapotamia to post-Soviet Russia, and from the Igbo of Nigeria, to the Iroquois of north eastern North America. Reflects new developments in the field with added coverage of primates, slavery, colonialism, masculinity, and transgender issues * Features significant discussion of the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods, an important trend in the study of world history * Lays out key theoretical and methodological issues in an introduction that is written in accessible language
