Books in the Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Women series

A study of contraception, containing contributions by experts in contraception, family planning and reproductive health. They examine the social, economic, political and cultural contexts in which contraceptive providers and recipients make decisions about what forms of contraception to use.

This volume of case studies examines ROSCAs on a worldwide basis, and should be of interest to anyone studying or concerned with anthropology, economics, women's issues and especially the welfare of the less developed countries and immigrant communities in "the West".

There is a renewed global commitment to 'water for all'. Yet even though women are usually responsible for domestic water provision, their needs and voices continue to be marginalized in the development process.

Counters the Western views and stereotypes of Muslim women, by presenting a cross-cultural perspective of their experiences and choices in contemporary Muslim communities. The main theme of these papers is the manner in which Muslim women manipulate religious belief to negotiate their gender roles, within the context of their lives.

An exploration of the ways in which healthcare models are socially constructed, this text explores questions involving the changing relationship between patient care and medical ethics. The practicalities of nursing and family healthcare are examined.

This work analyzes techniques and gendered aspects of the making of beads, as well as their role in trade and body adornment, in a wide range of societies where they have become a symbol of cultural survival and identity.

With the creation of the modern nation-state in the Middle East and North Africa, women have been and continue to be manipulated to represent a cultural ideal of perfect womanhood.

This book studies women's language use in bilingual or multi-lingual cultural situations. The authors - social anthropologists, language teachers, and interpreters cover a wide variety of geographical and linguistic situations, from the death of Gaelic in the Outer Hebrides, to the use of Spanish by Quechua and Aymara women in the Andes.

Seeks to redress inaccuracies in Western perceptions of gender relations in Southeast Asia by bringing to the fore the area's ethnic and cultural variance. This title shows how women and men explain the informal and psychological dimensions of relationships as vital in holding family, neighbourhood and kinship ties together.