Gender at the crossroads of knowledge
Subtitle: feminist anthropology in the postmodern era
By: edited and with an introduction by Micaela di Leonardo.
Contributors: Di Leonardo, Micaela, 1949-
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 422
Subjects: Anthropology -- Philosophy; Feminism; Women; Sex role; Feminist anthropology
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.