Gender as it has been socially, culturally, and, historically constituted in different times and, places. Theoretical developments in the, anthropology of gender. Cross-cultural exploration, using examples from a wide range of societies,, past and present. The relationship between, cultural definitions of gender and the social, experience of women, men, and alternative gender, roles, such as the Native American two-spirits,, the hijra of India, and global perspectives on, contemporary transgender experiences.