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Record Nr.

UNINA9910955292703321

Titolo

Ethnographic feminisms : essays in anthropology / / edited by Sally Cole & Lynne Phillips

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Ottawa], : Carleton University Press, 1995

ISBN

1-283-53033-3

9786613842787

0-7735-8132-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 p.)

Collana

Women's experience series ; ; #7

Altri autori (Persone)

ColeSally Cooper <1951->

PhillipsLynne

Disciplina

305

Soggetti

Feminist anthropology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Fields of difference and unity -- pt. 2. Explorations of gendered work -- pt. 3. Experiments in ethnography.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is written by anthropologists who are currently engaged in research on gender. The editors argue for the development of an ethnography-based feminism that both pays heed to what women in specific circumstances identify as their concerns and recognizes the contradictions inherent in the goals of feminist anthropology. The essays consider a range of "awkward" issues, including feminism in international contexts, the invisibility of women's working lives, and the problems of voice and ethnographic representation. Referring to a variety of ethnographic contexts, and working from diverse perspectives, the contributors examine the multiple dilemmas and conflicts of gender and power.