Title: Gender's place : feminist anthropologies of Latin America /
Authors: Montoya, Rosario, 1960-; Frazier, Lessie Jo, 1966-; Hurtig, Janise; Latin American Studies Association.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan,
Year: 2002
Subjects: Sex role Latin America Congresses.; Women Latin America Social conditions Congresses.; Feminist anthropology Latin America Congresses.; Feminist theory Latin America Congresses.; Sex role Latin America.; Women Latin America Social conditions.; Feminist anthropology Latin America.; Feminist theory Latin America.
Abstract: Publisher Description (unedited publisher data) Gender's Place integrates key theoretical issues and rich ethnographic cases in the feminist anthropology of Latin America around the concept of "desalambrar" (to tear down fences). This collection explores ways in which the interrelationship of gender and "place" can serve as a lens for analyzing the cultural, social, and historical specificity of gender and other social inequalities. By "tearing down" theoretical and analytic fences prevalent in research on gender in Latin America in order to construct ethnographically specific alternatives, the book demonstrates the unique contribution that anthropology can make to gender and area studies.