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Defining females : the nature of women in society /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Ardener, Shirley
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; Providence : Berg, 1993.
Edition:2nd, rev. ed.
Series:Cross-cultural perspectives on women ; v. 4.
Subjects:
Women > Social conditions.
Society > Role of > Women
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the nature of women in society / Shirley Ardener
  • The semantics of biology : virginity / Kirsten Hastrup
  • Open body/closed space : the transformation of female sexuality / RenĂ©e Hirschon
  • Women, taboo and the suppression of attention / Caroline Humphrey
  • Privileged, schooled and finished : boarding education for girls / Judith Okely
  • Matrifocus on African women / Wendy James
  • 'The most essentially female function of all' : giving birth / Helen Callaway
  • Harems and overlords : biosocial models and the female / Hilary Callan
  • The socialisation of the natural and the naturalisation of the social / Sharon Macdonald.