Carved Flesh / Cast Selves: Gendered Symbols and Social Practices(Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Women)

Series: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Women

This volume, the first comprehensive overview of Scandinavian cross-cultural research on gender issues in the English language, addresses fundamental analytical issues currently debated within international feminist anthropology and beyond. Offering examples from a wide range of ethnographic settings, the essays show that gender comprises far more than sexual relationships: it takes on political s