Preface -- Gender, Reproduction, and Kinship -- The Evolution of Kinship and Gender -- The Power of Patrilines -- Through The Mother -- Double, Bilateral, and Cognatic Descent -- Marriage -- History of Euro-American Kinship and Gender -- Kinship, Gender, and Contemporary Social Issues -- Kinship, Gender, and the New Reproductive Technologies -- The Globalization Of Kinship -- Appendix: Kinship Terminology
Linda Stone is professor emeritus of anthropology at Washington State University. She is the coauthor of Gender and Culture in America and Genes, Culture, and Human Evolution.
"Stone's innovative approach to a difficult subject makes it abundantly clear that kinship is not passe. She weaves current cross-cultural stories and illustrations throughout the text to show how kinship values ground an individual in society. --Lina Fruzzetti, Brown University Praise for Previous Editions: "Stone's excellent text offers a broad introduction to key concepts in an anthropological understanding of the family." --William Donner, Kutztown University "A wonderfully nuanced introduction to the relationships between kinship, gender roles, and reproductive life in a cross-cultural perspective. In addition to exploring the diversity of gendered relationships, Stone provides mechanisms that allow students to understand why particular gender roles develop in particular societies." --Shane Macfarlan, Oregon State University "This is an excellent text for teaching, with compelling case studies and an engaging, accessible style. In offering an argument for the combining of 'kinship' and 'gender' into one domain of inquiry, it represents an invitation to students and scholars alike to revitalize kinship studies by drawing on gender scholarship. Now with additional material on contemporary social problems, this book is more user-friendly than ever." --Diane E. King, University of Kentucky
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