ANTH 5200 - Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective

A comparative analysis of gender-based status and social roles of women and men, with women’s status and roles emphasized due to their near-universal construction as the “other” sex. Examines, in cross- and sub-cultural context, the relations among women’s status and their subsistence and reproductive activities; and the division of labor by sex, ideology and political economy. Prereq: Graduate standing. Cross-listed with ANTH 4200. Semester Hours: 3 to 3