Women Creating Patrilyny by Audrey Smedley
Offers an interpretation of the role of women in traditional patrilineal societies. This title reveals that many of the critical features of patrilyny were in fact invented by women. It is suitable for researchers in anthropological kinship and theory, gender studies, and African studies.
Audrey Smedley received her Ph.D. in Social Anthropology from the University of Manchester, England. Her book, Race in North America: Origin and Evolution of a Worldview, won an Outstanding Book Award from the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights in 1994. Her research interests include the history and spread of the elements of race ideology, comparative slavery, human ecological adaptation, and the roles of women in patrilineal societies.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780759103184 |
| ISBN 10 | 0759103186 |
| Title | Women Creating Patrilyny |
| Author | Audrey Smedley |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | AltaMira Press |
| Year published | 2003-12-30 |
| Number of pages | 284 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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