Status of Women in Preindustrial Societies
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Class stratification
Colonialism
Complex society
Contemporary society
Cross-cultural
Cultural diversity
Deference
Disadvantage
Dominatrix
Dowry
Dowry system
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Explanation
Extended family
Family income
Female dominance
Female economic activity
Female infanticide
Feminism
Finding
Galton's problem
Gender role
Guttman scale
Human evolution (origins of society and culture)
Indication (medicine)
Industrial society
Infanticide
Informant
Kinship terminology
Legitimacy (family law)
Margaret Mead
Marriage
Marriageable age
Matriarchy
Matrilineality
Monogamy
Ownership (psychology)
Polyandry
Polygyny
Prediction
Premarital sex
Remarriage
Residence
Ritualization
Sex life
Sex ratio
Sexism
Sexual division of labour
Sexual revolution
Simone de Beauvoir
Social class
Social movement
Social research
Social status
Social stigma
Spouse
Status group
Status inconsistency
The Inevitability of Patriarchy
The Two Cultures
Tribe
Twana
Virginity
War
Widow
Women's work
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- ISBN 9780691611945
- Weight: 312g
- Dimensions: 152 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 08 Mar 2015
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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How does the status of women in different cultures actually compare with that of men? How does this position vary from one realm--religious, political, economic, domestic, or sexual--to another? To examine these questions, Martin King Whyte draws on a cross-cultural sample of 93 preindustrial societies throughout the world. His analysis describes women's roles in historical perspective, offering a much-needed foundation for feminist scholarship as well as provocative thoughts about the future. To determine why women fare better in some societies than others, Professor Whyte compares data from cultures ranging from small, preliterate hunting bands to the capitals of the Inca and Roman empires. This ethnographic material makes possible a systematic review of the diverse roles of women and also enables the author to test many of the theories advanced to explain the situation of women today. Some of the specific questions considered are: Does male supremacy have its origins in the hunting way of life of our distant ancestors? Are women always inferior to men? Do women have superior status in cultures where they produce much food and thereby play an important economic role?
Has the position of women improved over the course of human evolution? Originally published in 1978. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
