Ward, Martha

A world full of women / Martha Ward and Monica Edelstein - 6th ed. - Upper Saddle River : Pearson, c2014 - xiv, 266 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Preface -- Introduction -- Old words and new realities -- "What’s for dinner honey?" : work and gender -- Love and the work of culture -- Blood and milk : biocultural markers in the lives of women -- Patterns of partnering from romance to resistance -- Everyday power : women’s agency, authority, and influence -- A two-bodied world -- A third sex? -- Life’s lesions -- Who owns her body? -- Invisible workers -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index

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Women’s studies
Women--Cross-cultural studies
Feminist anthropology