ABSTRACT
Through twenty engaging essays exploring cultures ranging from ancient Judaic civilization to contemporary Brazil, Gender, Kinship and Power places important contemporary issues related to kinship--such as parental responsibility and female-headed households--in their proper comparative and historical framework.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|74 pages
Kinship Systems
part 2|99 pages
Women's Perspectives On Kinship
part 3|44 pages
“Fish without Bicycles”
part 4|59 pages
Parents, Breadwinners, Providers
part 5|61 pages
Gender and Kinship in Changing Political Economies