Gender at the Crossroads of Knowledge brings feminist anthropology up to date, highlighting the theoretical sophistication that characterizes recent research. Twelve essays by outstanding scholars, written with the volume's concerns specifically in mind, range across the broadest anthropological terrain, assessing and contributing to feminist work on biological anthropology, primate studies, global economy, new reproductive technologies, ethno-linguistics, race and gender, and more. The editor's introduction not only sets two decades of feminist anthropological work in the multiple contexts of changes in anthropological theory and practice, political and economic developments, and larger intellectual shifts, but also lays out the central insights feminist anthropology has to offer us in the postmodern era. The profound issues raised by the authors resonate with the basic interests of any discipline concerned with gender, that is, all of the social sciences and humanities.
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The introduction (as well as Irene Silverblatt's article and, to a lesser extent, all of the contributors' work) outlines salient research and theories and cites seminal works in Western anthropology and parallel disciplines, highlighting their relevance or connection to feminist thought and the issues of gender. Contributions by 12 feminist anthropologists, male and female, cover a wide range of subjects and approaches and point to the political influences on the construction of reality and of scholarly work in general. The essays' sophisticated approach will appeal to social scientists generally and particularly to those concerned with gender. An excellent addition to the two previous compilations of feminist anthropology: Michelle Rosaldo and Louise Lamphere's Woman, Culture, and Society ( LJ 4/15/74) and Rayna R. Reiter's Towards an Anthropology of Women ( LJ 9/15/75). For academic collections.
- Winnie Lambrecht, Brown Univ., Providence, R.I.
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- Winnie Lambrecht, Brown Univ., Providence, R.I.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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"Gender at the Crossroads of Knowledge offers us much more than a sampling of current work in feminist anthropology. . . . Taken together, the chapters ought to convince readers that feminist anthropology is a force to be reckoned with in the reshaping of our intellectual life. It presents a challenge to the familiar conceptual categories out of which not only our theories but also our everyday experience are built. . . . Feminist anthropology has a very important analytical position in gender studies generally. . . . This volume will do a good job of presenting anthropological contributions to non-anthropological audiences."--Rena Lederman, Princeton University
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Great introduction to the breadth of feminist discourse!,
This review is from: Gender at the Crossroads of Knowledge: Feminist Anthropology in the Postmodern Era (Paperback)
While this book suffers the fate of SO many feminist compilations...the apparent inability of the editor to separate completely pointless articles from truly meaningful discourse...it still remains one of my favorites and an oft-quoted text. It's diversity is at once a compelling trait...and a somewhat annoying one. The topic is a bit broad and submissions range from discussion of women's sexuality as a tool of imperialism to linguistic power over gender boundaries.
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- Social Problems by Henry George in Front Matter, and page 98
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