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Antropologia y feminismo
This is the first book which examines the nature and significance of a feminist critique in anthropology. It offers a clear introduction to, and balanced assessment of, the theoretical and practical issues raised by the development of a feminist anthropology.
Henrietta Moore situates the development of a feminist approach in anthropology within the context of the discipline, examining the ways in which women have been studied in anthropology - as well as the ways in which the study of gender has influenced the development of the discipline anthropology. She considers the application of feminist work to key areas of anthropological research, and addresses the question of what social anthropology has to contribute to contemporary feminism.
Throughout the book Henrietta Moore's analysis is informed by her own extensive fieldwork in Africa and by her concern to develop anthropological theory and method by means of feminist critique. This book will be of particular value to students in anthropology, women's studies and the social sciences.
Henrietta Moore situates the development of a feminist approach in anthropology within the context of the discipline, examining the ways in which women have been studied in anthropology - as well as the ways in which the study of gender has influenced the development of the discipline anthropology. She considers the application of feminist work to key areas of anthropological research, and addresses the question of what social anthropology has to contribute to contemporary feminism.
Throughout the book Henrietta Moore's analysis is informed by her own extensive fieldwork in Africa and by her concern to develop anthropological theory and method by means of feminist critique. This book will be of particular value to students in anthropology, women's studies and the social sciences.
264 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1988
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Henrietta L. Moore
24 books11 followersHenrietta L. Moore is a British social anthropologist. She is the William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge and Director of the Culture and Communications Programme at the Centre for the Study of Global Governance at the London School of Economics (LSE). Previously Moore was a Governor of the LSE; LSE Deputy Director for research and external relations 2002-2005, and served as the Director of the Gender Institute at the LSE from 1994-1999.
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July 10, 2021
Interesting read on how anthropology is trying to include more in depth analysis of women, as opposed to focusing on men as the voices of reason. The issue however is that in attempting to rid the disciple of ‘male bias’ by involving more female ethnographers to study women, it may be that the western woman now speaks on behalf of ‘other’ women.
This is problematic as it assumes all women have a collective goal and desire across cultural boundaries, which is not entirely true. Whereas western feminists see the household as the ‘oppressive’ site of women, women from other cultures place huge value on the household, and see attempts to destroy the nuclear family as a remnant and continuation of colonialism, and the western ideal of individualism.
“The demeaning nature of domestic involvement is a Western construct, and,...should not be confused with some cross-culturally valid quality of the ‘domestic’ sphere, or indeed of women.”
“There are those who see emancipation as mechanical equality between men and women...If there are still no women truck drivers or tractor drivers in Frelimo, we must have some right away, regardless of the objective and subjective conditions....An emancipated woman is one who drinks, smokes, wears trousers, and mini skirts, who indulges in sexual promiscuity, who refuses to have children.”
This is problematic as it assumes all women have a collective goal and desire across cultural boundaries, which is not entirely true. Whereas western feminists see the household as the ‘oppressive’ site of women, women from other cultures place huge value on the household, and see attempts to destroy the nuclear family as a remnant and continuation of colonialism, and the western ideal of individualism.
“The demeaning nature of domestic involvement is a Western construct, and,...should not be confused with some cross-culturally valid quality of the ‘domestic’ sphere, or indeed of women.”
“There are those who see emancipation as mechanical equality between men and women...If there are still no women truck drivers or tractor drivers in Frelimo, we must have some right away, regardless of the objective and subjective conditions....An emancipated woman is one who drinks, smokes, wears trousers, and mini skirts, who indulges in sexual promiscuity, who refuses to have children.”
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