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Anderson, O. (1982). Ohoyo One Thousand: A Resource Guide of American Indian/Alaska Native Women 1982.
Abstract: "The volume is intended... to offer a sampling of resource skills possessed by a small percentage of our growing but basically invisible population."
Grima, B. (1992). The Performance of Emotion Among Paxtun Women.
Abstract: "Sharing tales of misfortune is a common practice among many cultures. Among the Paxtun, an Islamic, Paxto-speaking group living in both Afghanistan and Pakistan, these stories of grief or sadness (gham) are a vital medium of exchange, through which relationships are formed and maintained."
Jordan, T. G., & Rowntree, L. (1990). The Human Mosaic: A Thematic Introduction to Cultural Geography.
Abstract: "The Human Mosaic is intended as the basic text for a college-level, introductory course in cultural or human geography."
Lavie, S. (1990). The Poetics of Military Occupation.
Abstract: "More than an anthropological study, the book describes in moving and often humorous detail the ways in which the Bedouin coexist with expressions of modern culture."
Morgan, S. (1989). Gender and Anthropology: Critical Reviews for Research and Teaching.
Abstract: "This book is about both women and gender, and about the particular historical relationship between scholarship on women (i.e., the anthropology of women) and theories about gender."
O'Kelly, C. G. (1980). Women and Men in Society.
Abstract: "The central theme of this book is that, although the roles of women and men vary widely from society to society, gender roles can be explained by social variables."
Pomeroy, S. B. (1975). Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves: Women in Classical Antiquity.
Abstract: "A fascinating catalog of classical reverence and hostility towards women."
Reed, E. (1975). Woman's Evolution: From Matriarchal Clan to Patriarchal Family.
Abstract: "Reed takes us on a million-year expedition through prehistory from cannibalism to culture - and uncovers the world of ancient matriarchy."
Abstract: "...comprehensive study of the North American Indian woman at the time of the white man's arrival on the continent."
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