Gender and Culture in America

Download or read book Gender and Culture in America written by Linda Stone and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lively book uses a historical framework to address gender in America in terms of a set of dominant cultural themes--explaining how these themes both fluctuate over time, and are responded to in different ways by various ethnic groups and social classes. It encourages readers to consider gender in America as enmeshed in the country's distinctive cultural traditions. Chapter topics include a cultural history of American gender: 1600 to 1900; .a look at the twentieth century; coverage of native Americans, African Americans, Latinos, and Asian Americans; gender on the college campus; and themes and issues of American gender. For anyone interested in getting a better look at mainstream American cultural values concerning gender.