This volume compares and contrasts concepts of gender from a wide range of perspectives drawn from the natural sciences, the social sciences, and the humanities. The contributors examine the complex process of sexual differentiation in an attempt to determine how feminine and masculine are defined and how these definitions contribute to and influence perceptions of social reality in various disciplines. Their essays explore how gender roles are created and how they influence the American way of life in such embedded cultural mores as the romance novel, images of the Virgin Mary, male...
This volume compares and contrasts concepts of gender from a wide range of perspectives drawn from the natural sciences, the social sciences, and t...
This volume celebrates the cultural diversity of the United States as it is articulated through ritual performance. It presents the diverse ways in which people choose to validate and perpetuate their cultural identity. The collection of essays invokes the state of critical self-awareness that is increasingly enlisted in multicultural discourse. This volume is an important addition to the literature on ritual in America and will be useful to anthropologists, sociologists, and researchers in social sciences and humanities because it explores all dimensions of ritual experience and provides...
This volume celebrates the cultural diversity of the United States as it is articulated through ritual performance. It presents the diverse ways in...
This collection of ethnographic research seeks to provide visions of and for US military culture from a solid anthropological base. Contributors highlight important issues such as: anthrax vaccines, the Golden Age culture of the military, gender roles among army spouses and more.
This collection of ethnographic research seeks to provide visions of and for US military culture from a solid anthropological base. Contributors highl...
Anthropology and the United States Military is a fascinating edited collection of ethnographic research that seeks to provide visions of and for US military culture from a solid anthropological base. The volume explores several important but relatively unknown cultural variations in the defense community through a variety of lenses. A strong list of contributors highlight important issues such as: anthrax vaccines, the "Golden Age" culture of the military, gender roles among army spouses, weight control and physical readiness, the military advisor, and the USNA.
Anthropology and the United States Military is a fascinating edited collection of ethnographic research that seeks to provide visions of and for US mi...
This volume compares and contrasts concepts of gender from a wide range of perspectives drawn from the natural sciences, the social sciences, and the humanities. The contributors examine the complex process of sexual differentiation in an attempt to determine how feminine and masculine are defined and how these definitions contribute to and influence perceptions of social reality in various disciplines. Their essays explore how gender roles are created and how they influence the American way of life in such embedded cultural mores as the romance novel, images of the Virgin Mary, male...
This volume compares and contrasts concepts of gender from a wide range of perspectives drawn from the natural sciences, the social sciences, and t...
