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Monthly Review Press, 1975 - Social Science - 416 pages

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The book is great BUT Rubin, Gayle's chapter "The Traffic in Women: Notes on the 'Political Economy' of Sex" is worth the whole book ... Read full review

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Contents

Introduction
11
Perspectives on the Evolution of Sex Differences
20
Male Bias in Anthropology
36
Copyright

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Toward an anthropology of women
Toward an anthropology of women
Rayna R. Reiter
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Toward Anthropology of Women
Rayna R. Reiter
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TitleToward an anthropology of women
AuthorRayna R. Reiter
EditorRayna R. Reiter
ContributorRayna R. Reiter
PublisherMonthly Review Press, 1975
Original fromthe University of California
Digitized14 Jul 2008
ISBN0853453721, 9780853453727
Length416 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Social Science / Anthropology / General
Social Science / Sociology / General
Social Science / Women's Studies
  
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