Skip to main content

Comparative Gender Stratification

  • Chapter

Part of the book series: Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research ((HSSR))

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.

Buying options

Chapter
USD   29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD   39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book
USD   54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Learn about institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  • Agarwal, B. (1994). Afield of one’s own: Gender and land rights in Asia. New York: Cambridge University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Barfield, T. (1981). The Central Asian Arabs in Afghanistan. Austin: University of Texas Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Barfield, T. (1994). The devil’s horsemen. In S. Reyna & R. Downs (Eds.), Studying War (pp. 157–172). Langhorne, PA: Gordon & Breach.

    Google Scholar 

  • Beck, L. (1978). Women among Qashqa’i nomadic pastoralists in Iran. In L. Beck and N. Keddie (Eds.), Women in the Middle East (pp. 351–373). Cambridge: Harvard University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Blumberg, R. L. (1978). Stratification. Dubuque, IA: Brown.

    Google Scholar 

  • Blumberg, R. L. (1995). Engendering wealth and well-being. Boulder, CO: Westview.

    Google Scholar 

  • Boserup, E. (1965). The conditions of agricultural growth. Chicago: Aldine.

    Google Scholar 

  • Boserup, E. (1970). Women’s role in economic development. London: George Allen & Unwin.

    Google Scholar 

  • Boserup, E. (1981). Population and technological change. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Burton, M., & White, D. (1987). Cross cultural surveys today. Annual Review of Anthropology, 16, 143–160.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Cashden, E. (1980). Egalitarianism among hunters and gatherers. American Anthropologist, 82, 116–120.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Chafetz, J. S. (1984). Sex and advantage. Totowa, NJ: Rowman & Allanheld.

    Google Scholar 

  • Chafetz, J. S. (1990). Gender equity. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

    Google Scholar 

  • Chafetz, J. S., & Dworkin, G. (1986). Female revolt. Totowa, NJ: Rowman & Allanheld.

    Google Scholar 

  • Childe, V. G. (1951). Man makes himself. New York: Mentor.

    Google Scholar 

  • Collier, J. F. (1974). Women in politics. In M. Rosaldo & L. Lamphere (Eds.), Woman, culture and society (pp. 89–96). Stanford: Stanford University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Collier, J., & Yanigasako, S. (Eds.) (1987). Gender and kinship. Stanford: Stanford University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Collins R. (1985). Sociology of marriage and the family. Chicago: Nelson-Hall.

    Google Scholar 

  • Collins, R. (1988). Theoretical sociology. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.

    Google Scholar 

  • Cronk, L. (1991). Human behavioral ecology. Annual Review of Anthropology, 20, 25–53.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Dahlberg, F. (1981). In F. Dahlberg (Ed.), Woman the gatherer (pp. i–xi). New Haven: Yale University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Duncan, O. D. (1964). Social organization and the ecosystem. In R. Faris (Ed.), Handbook of modern sociology (pp. 37–82). Chicago: Rand-McNally.

    Google Scholar 

  • Dyson-Hudson, R, & Dyson-Hudson, N. (1980). Nomadic pastoralists. Annual Review of Anthropology, 9, 15–61.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Elam, Y. (1973).Social and sexual roles ofHima women. Manchester: University of Manchester Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ember, M. (1974). Warfare, sex ratio, and polygyny. Ethnology, 13, 197–206.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ember, M., & Ember, D. (1983). Marriage, Family, and Kinship. New Haven: HRAF Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ember, M., & Ember, C. (1994). Cross-cultural studies of war and peace. In S. Reyna & R. Downs (Eds.), Studying War (pp. 185–208). Langhorne, PA: Gordon & Breach.

    Google Scholar 

  • Estioko-Griffin, A. (1985). Women as Hunters. In A. Estioko-Griffin & P. Griffin (Eds.), The Agta of northeastern Luzon (pp. 18–32). Cebu City: San Carlos.

    Google Scholar 

  • Evans-Pritchard, E. E. (1965). The position of women in primitive societies and other essays. New York: Free Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Fedigan, L. M. (1986). The changing role of women in models human evolution. Annual Review of Anthropology, 15, 25–66.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ferree, M. M., & Hall, E. (1996). Stratification from a feminist perspective. American Sociological Review, 61, 929–950.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Flanagan, J. (1989). Hierarchy in simple societies. Annual Review of Anthropology, 18, 245–266.

    Google Scholar 

  • Friedl, E. (1975). Women and men: An anthropologist’s view. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.

    Google Scholar 

  • Goheen, M. (1996). Men own the land, women own the crops. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Goldman, N. L. (1982). Introduction. In N. L. Goldman (Ed.), Female soldiers (pp. 1–17). Westport, CT: Greenwood.

    Google Scholar 

  • Goldschmidt, W. (1959). Man’s way. Cleveland, OH: World.

    Google Scholar 

  • Goody, J. (1962). Death, property, and the ancestors. London: Tavistock.

    Google Scholar 

  • Goody, J. (1976). Production and reproduction. New York: Cambridge University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Goody, J. (1982). Cooking, cuisine, and class. New York: Cambridge University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Goody, J, (1996a). Comparative family systems in Europe and Asia. Population and Development Review, 22, 1–20.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Goody, J. (1996b). The East in the West. New York: Cambridge University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Goody, J. & Tambiah, S. J. (1973). Bridewealth and dowry. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Graham, S. (1985). Running and menstrual dysfunctions. American Anthropologist, 87, 878–882.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Grant, R. (1991). The sources of gender bias in international relations theory. In R. Grant & K. Newland (Eds.), Gender and international relations (pp. 8–26). Bloomingtom, IN: University of Indiana Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hakensson, T. (1988). Bridewealth, women, and land. Stockholm: Almqvist and Wiksell.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hammel, E. A., & Howell, N. (1987). Research in population and culture. Current Anthropology, 28, 141–160.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Harrell, B. (1981). Lactation and menstruation in cultural perspective. American Anthropologist, 83, 796–823.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Harris, M. (1984), A cultural and materialist theory of band and village warfare. In B. Ferguson (Ed.), Warfare, Culture, and Environment (pp. 111–140). Orlando, FL: Academic Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hay den, B. (1995). Pathways to power. In D. Price & G. Feinman (Eds.). Foundation of social inequality (pp. 15–86). New York: Plenum.

    Google Scholar 

  • Heider, K. (1972). Environment, subsistence, and society. Annual Review of Anthropology, 1, 207–226.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Holm, J. (1992). Women in the military. Novato, CA: Presidio.

    Google Scholar 

  • Huber, J. (1990). Macro-micro links in gender stratification. American Sociological Review, 55, 1–10.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Huber. J., & Spitze, G. (1988). Trends in family sociology. In N. Smelser (Ed.), Handbook of sociology (pp. 425–448). Newbury ParK, CA: Sage.

    Google Scholar 

  • Jackson, R. M. (1984). The formation of craft labor markets. Orlando, FL: Academic.

    Google Scholar 

  • Krader, L. (1968). Pastoralism. International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 11, 453–461.

    Google Scholar 

  • Larsen, C. S. (1995). Biological changes in human populations with agriculture. Annual Review of Anthropology, 24, 185–213.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Leach, E. (1984). Glimpses of the history of British anthropology. Annual Review of Anthropology, 13,1–23.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Leacock, E. (1981). Myths of male dominance. New York: Monthly Review Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lee, R. (1968). What hunters do for a living. In R. Lee & I. Devore (Eds.), Man the hunter (pp. 30–48). Chicago: Aldine.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lee, R. (1980). Lactation, ovulation, and women’s work. In M. Cohen, R. Malpass, & H. Klein (Eds.), Biosocial mechanisms of population regulation (pp. 321–348), New Haven: Yale University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Leis, N. (1974). Ijaw women’s associations. In M. Rosaldo & L. Lamphere (Eds.), Women, culture and society (pp. 223–242). Stanford: Stanford University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lenski, G. (1970). Human societies. New York: McGraw-Hill.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lenski, G. (1994). Social taxonomies. Annual Review of Sociology, 20, 1–26.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lenski, G., & Lenski, J. (1978). Human societies (3rd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lesthaeghe, R., & Surkyn, J. (1988). Women in sub-Saharan demographic regimes. Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Mimeo.

    Google Scholar 

  • Levy, H. (1966). Chinese footbinding. New York: Walton Rawls.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lieberman, L. (1989). Acceptance of human sociobiological concepts in anthropology. Current Anthropology, 30, 676–682.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lovejoy, C. O. (1981). The origin of man. Science, 211, 341–350.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Maccoby. E., & Jacklin, C. (1974). The psychology of sex differences. Stanford: Stanford University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Mackie, G. (1996). Ending footbinding and infibulation. American Sociological Review, 61, 999–1017.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Marshall, G. (1968). Marriage: Comparative analysis. International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 11, 8–19.

    Google Scholar 

  • Marwell, G. (1975). Why ascription? American Sociological Review, 40, 445–455.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Mason, K. (1984). The status of women, fertility, and mortality. New York: Rockefeller Foundation.

    Google Scholar 

  • Mead, M. (1973). Changing styles of anthropological work. Annual Review of Anthropology, 2, 1–26.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Messer, E. (1984). Anthropological perspectives on diet. Annual Review of Anthropology, 13, 205–249.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Miller, J., & Garrison, H. (1982). Sex roles: The division of labor. Annual Review of Sociology, 8, 237–262.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Moseley, K., & Wallerstein, I. (1978). Precapitalist social structures. Annual Review of Sociology, 4, 259–290.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Mukhopadhyay. C., & Higgins, P. (1988). Anthropological studies of women’s status revisited. Annual Review of Anthropology, 17, 461–495.

    Google Scholar 

  • Murdock, G. P. (1967). Ethnographic atlas: A summary. Ethnology, 6, 109–236.

    Google Scholar 

  • Nerlove, S. (1974). Women’s workload and infant feeding practices. Ethnology, 13, 207–214.

    Google Scholar 

  • Netting, R. (1974). Agrarian Ecology. Annual Review of Anthropology, 3, 21–56.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Netting, R. (1993). Smallholders and householders. Stanford: Stanford University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • North, D., & Thomas, R. P. (1973). The rise of the Western World. New York: Cambridge University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Orlove, B. (1980). Ecological anthropology. Annual Review of Anthropology, 9, 235–273.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Peach, L. (1996). Gender ideology in the ethics of women in combat. In J. Stiehm (Ed.), It’s our military too (pp. 156–194). Philadelphia: Temple University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Peters, E. (1978). Women in four Middle East communities. In L. Beck & N. Keddie (Eds.), Women in the Middle East (pp. 311–350). Cambridge: Harvard University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Potts, R. (1984). Home bases and early hominids. American Scientist, 72, 338–347.

    Google Scholar 

  • Quinn, N. (1977). Anthropological studies of women’s status. Annual Review of Anthropology, 6, 181–225.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Raphael. D., & Davis, F. (1985). Patterns of infant feeding in traditional cultures. Westport, CT: Greenwood.

    Google Scholar 

  • Robertson, C. (1996). Women, genital mutilation, and collective action in Kenya, 1920–1990. Signs, 21, 615–642.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ross, M. (1986), Female political participation. American Anthropologist, 88, 843–858.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Sacks, K. (1982). Sisters and wives. Westport, CT: Greenwood.

    Google Scholar 

  • Sahlins, M. (1958). Social stratification in Polynesia. Seattle: University of Washington Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Sanday, P. (1973). Toward a theory of the status of women. American Anthropologist, 88, 142–150.

    Google Scholar 

  • Schlegel, A, & Barry, H. (1986). The cultural consequences of subsistence contribution. American Anthropologist, 88, 142–150.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Segal, M. W. (1982). The argument for female combatants. N. L. Goldman (Ed.), Female soldiers (pp. 267–290). Westport, CT: Greenwood.

    Google Scholar 

  • Sen, A. (1990). Gender and cooperative conflicts. In I. Tinker (Ed.), Persistent inequalities (pp. 123–149). New York: Oxford University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Shipton, P. (1994). Land and culture in tropical Africa. Annual Review of Anthropology, 23, 347–377.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Spielman, K., & Eder, J. (1994). Hunters and farmers: Then and now. Annual Review of Anthropology, 23, 303–323.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Testart, A. (1978). Les societies de chasseure-cueilleurs. Pour la Science, 16, 99–108.

    Google Scholar 

  • Testart, A. (1988). Some major problems in the anthropology of hunter gatherers. Current Anthropology, 29, 1–31.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Tiger, L. & Fox, R. (1971). The imperial animal. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.

    Google Scholar 

  • Washburn, S. (1961). Social life of early man. Chicago: Aldine.

    Google Scholar 

  • Washburn, S., & Lancaster, C. (1968). The evolution of hunting. In R. Lee & I. Devore (Eds.), Man the Hunter (pp. 91–103). Chicago: Aldine.

    Google Scholar 

  • Whyte, M. (1978). The status of women in preindustrial societies. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Wilson, E. O. (1975). Sociobiology. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Worthman, C. (1995). Hormones, sex, and gender. Annual Review of Anthropology, 24, 593–616.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Yanigasako, S. J. (1979). Families and households. Annual Review of Anthropology, 8, 161–205.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Zihlman, A. (1981). Women as shapers of human adaptation. In F. Dahlberg (Ed.), Woman the gatherer (pp. 75–120). New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Zihlman A. (1997). Women’s bodies, women’s lives. In M. E. Morbeck, A. Galloway, & A. Zihlman (Eds.), The evolving female (pp. 185–197). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2006 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Huber, J. (2006). Comparative Gender Stratification. In: Handbook of the Sociology of Gender. Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-36218-5_4

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics