International Handbook on Gender Roles

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Leonore Loeb Adler

Foreword by Nancy Felipe Russo

Book Code: AIG/

ISBN: 0-313-28336-2

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-28336-9

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552 pages, tables

Greenwood Press

Publication: 11/30/1993

List Price: $159.95 (UK Sterling Price: £90.00)

Availability: Print on demand

Media Type: Hardcover

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Reviews:

...As the world shrinks and cultures interact, clash, and blend, an understanding of culturally defined gender roles is becoming as important as an understanding of different political and economic systems. The Handbook provides the information on which to base both that understanding and further study of a topic that touches everyone, every day.
—Wilson Library Bulletin
...This handbook...provides general background for seminar discussions and for others seeking an overview of gender roles in specific countries.
—Political Psychology
. . . A significant cross-cultural summary and assessment of gender role research, offering a basis both for understanding discriminatory practices and for advancing the rights of all people irrespective of gender.
—Feminist Collections

Description: This valuable and unique reference surveys and synthesizes information on gender roles in more than thirty countries from around the world. Each chapter is devoted to a single country, and the chapters are arranged in alphabetical order for ease of use. All of the chapters are written from the perspective of experts who have lived and worked in the countries profiled. To foster cross-national comparisons, each chapter follows the same format, including an introduction and contextual overview; gender roles in infancy and childhood, school years, young adulthood, adulthood, and old age; and a summary and conclusions. The design of the chapters traces the development of gender roles across the life-cycle and affords an additional opportunity for comparing data. This reference will be of interest to anyone concerned with gender issues, psychology, sociology, and anthropology.

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Introduction
Australia
Brazil
Canada
Egypt
Finland
France
Greece
Haiti
Hong Kong
India
Israel
Italy
Japan
Korea
Mexico
New Zealand
Nigeria
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Singapore
South Africa, Republic of
The Soviet Union and Post-Soviet Era
Sri Lanka
Taiwan
Tanzania
Thailand
Tibet
Turkey
United States
Bibliography
Index

LC Card Number: 92-45080

LCC Class: HQ1075

Dewey Class: 305.3


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