International Handbook on Gender Roles

by Leonore Loeb Adler

Overview

This valuable and unique reference surveys and synthesizes information on gender roles in more than thirty countries from around the world. Each chapter is devoted to a single country, and the chapters are arranged in alphabetical order for ease of use. All of the chapters are written from the perspective of experts who have lived and worked in the countries profiled. To foster cross-national comparisons, each chapter follows the same format, including an introduction and contextual overview; gender roles in infancy and childhood, school years, young adulthood, adulthood, and old age; and a summary and conclusions. The design of the chapters traces the development of gender roles across the life-cycle and affords an additional opportunity for comparing data. This reference will be of interest to anyone concerned with gender issues, psychology, sociology, and anthropology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313283369
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/19/1993
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	552
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 1.19(d)
Lexile:	1300L (what's this?)

About the Author

LEONORE LOEB ADLER is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Institute for Cross-Cultural and Cross-Ethnic Studies at Molloy College, Rockville Centre, New York. An internationally recognized authority on gender roles and cross-cultural psychology, she has authored more than sixty articles in professional jourbanals and organizational publications. Her books include Women in Cross-Cultural Perspective (Praeger, 1991), Cross-Cultural Research in Human Development (Praeger, 1989), and Cross-Cultural Topics in Psychology (Praeger, in press).

Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction
Australia
Brazil
Canada
Egypt
Finland
France
Greece
Haiti
Hong Kong
India
Israel
Italy
Japan
Korea
Mexico
New Zealand
Nigeria
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Singapore
South Africa, Republic of
The Soviet Union and Post-Soviet Era
Sri Lanka
Taiwan
Tanzania
Thailand
Tibet
Turkey
United States
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

A reference surveying and synthesizing information on gender roles in 31 countries. Each chapter is devoted to a single country and is written from the perspective of an expert who has lived and worked in the country. To foster cross-national comparisons, each chapter follows the same format, including an introduction and contextual overview; gender roles in infancy and childhood, school years, young adulthood, adulthood, and old age; and a summary and conclusions. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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