Woman, Culture, and Society ebook

Sixteen women anthropologists analyze the place of women in human societies, treating as problematic certain questions and observations that in the past have been ignored or taken for granted, and consulting the anthropological record for data and theoretical perspectives that will help us to understand and change the quality of women's lives. Michelle Zimbalist Rosaldo is Assistant Professor at Stanford University. Louise Lamphere is Assistant Professor at Brown University.

On the heels of the 1960s feminist movement, this book challenged anthropology's status quo of viewing studied cultures from a male perspective while diminishing female perspectives, even considering women as comparatively imperceptible. It is considered to be a pioneering work.

Sixteen women anthropologists analyze the place of women in human societies, treating as problematic certain questions and observations that in the past have .

Sixteen women anthropologists analyze the place of women in human societies, treating as problematic certain questions and observations that in the past have been ignored or taken for granted, and consulting the anthropological record for data and theoretical perspectives that will help us to understand and change the quality of women's lives. The first three essays address the question of human sexual asymmetry.

Rosaldo, Michelle Zimbalist; Lamphere, Louise, joint author; Bamberger, Joan.

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Women and Suicide in China. In Women in Chinese Society, ed.

Rosaldo, Michelle Zimbalist, and Louise Lamphere, eds. 1974. Woman, Culture, and Soci- ety. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. Women and Suicide in China. Margery Wolf and Roxane Witke, 114 – 42.

Michelle Z. Rosaldo, Stanford, C. The title of the book alludes to the gendered nature of a prior anthropological text, Man, Culture, and Society.

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Louise Lamphere’s most popular book is Spider Woman: A Story of Navajo Weavers and Chanters. The Gender of Globalization: Women Navigating Cultural and Economic Marginalities by. Ann Kingsolver, Mary Anglin.