Never Marry a Woman with Big Feet

Never Marry a Woman with Big Feet
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 444
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ISBN-10 : 0300102496
ISBN-13 : 9780300102499
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Book Synopsis Never Marry a Woman with Big Feet by : Mineke Schipper

Download or read book Never Marry a Woman with Big Feet written by Mineke Schipper and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this study the author analyses similarities, differences and contradictions in the cultural norms about gender expressed in proverbs she has found in oral and written sources from over 150 countries. Grouping the proverbs into categories as the female body, love, sex, childbirth and the female power, the author examines shared patterns in ideas about women and how men see them.


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