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Same-sex Cultures and Sexualities
Jennifer Robertson
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Description for Same-sex Cultures and Sexualities
Paperback. This book demonstrates the centrality of sex, gender, and sexuality to theories of human behaviors and practices. * Moves beyond other "lesbian and gay studies" readers by presenting a broader view of the significance of studying same--sex cultures and sexualities across cultures. Editor(s): Robertson, Jennifer. Series: Wiley Blackwell Readers in Anthropology. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 171 x 19. Weight in Grams: 583.
This book demonstrates the centrality of sex, gender, and sexuality to theories of human behaviors and practices.
This book demonstrates the centrality of sex, gender, and sexuality to theories of human behaviors and practices.
- Moves beyond other “lesbian and gay studies” readers by presenting a broader view of the significance of studying same-sex cultures and sexualities across cultures.
- Offers readings from all four subfields of anthropology: cultural, biological, linguistic, and archaeological (along with historical and applied anthropology).
- Includes discussion of biotechnology and bioethics, health and illness, language, ethnicity, identity, politics, post-colonialism, kinship, development, and policymaking.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
Wiley Blackwell Readers in Anthropology
Number of Pages
322
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631233008
SKU
V9780631233008
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99-50
About Jennifer Robertson
Jennifer Robertson is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan. She has published many articles and book chapters (in several languages) on a wide spectrum of subjects and is the author of Native and Newcomer: Making and Unmaking a Japanese City (1991) and Takarazuka: Sexual Politics and Popular Culture in Modern Japan (2001 [1998]; Japanese translation 2000). The author’s ... Read more
Reviews for Same-sex Cultures and Sexualities
“It is volumes like this one that allow us to see all sorts of new connections and possibilities. The vibrant thematic coherence of these articles is intellectually exciting, and one can genuinely say that, in this volume, the whole is far greater than the sum of its parts. It is a particular strength that the articles come from across the ... Read more