Mapping Feminist Anthropology in the Twenty-First Century provides an historical and theoretical overview of feminist anthropology’s origins, the transformation it has undergone, and the vital contributions it continues to make to cutting-edge scholarship. Chronicling the impact feminist anthropologists have made on a wide range of academic fields, from science and technology studies to queer theory, it also reveals the important role they have played in global campaigns against human rights abuses, domestic violence, and environmental degradation.
Mapping Feminist Anthropology in the Twenty-First Century provides an historical and theoretical overview of feminist anthropology’s origins, the transformation it has undergone, and the vital contributions it continues to make to cutting-edge scholarship. Chronicling the impact feminist anthropologists have made on a wide range of academic fields, from science and technology studies to queer theory, it also reveals the important role they have played in global campaigns against human rights abuses, domestic violence, and environmental degradation.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
ELLEN LEWIN is a professor of gender, women’s, and sexuality studies and anthropology at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. She is the author or coeditor of several books including Lesbian Mothers: Accounts of Gender in American Culture and Out in Public: Reinventing Lesbian/Gay Anthropology in a Globalizing World. LENI M. SILVERSTEIN is an anthropologist and international reproductive health professional who founded the consulting firm Strategies for Development. She has consulted with foundations (Ashoka, Ford, MacArthur), government officials, multilateral agencies, and commercial enterprises, providing technical assistance and evaluations for health sectors.
Inhaltsangabe
Acknowledgments
Prologue Rayna R. Rapp
Introduction. Anthropologies and Feminisms: Mapping Our Intellectual Journey Leni M. Silverstein and Ellen Lewin
Part I Foundations: Problematizing Feminist Anthropology
Feminist Anthropology Engages Social Movements: Theory, Ethnography, and Activism Louise Lamphere
Feminist Linguistics and Linguistic Feminisms Elise Kramer
The Curious Relationship of Feminist Anthropology and Women’s Studies A. Lynn Bolles
Part II Expansions: Confronting Universals
When Nature/Culture Implodes: Feminist Anthropology and Biotechnology Elizabeth F. S. Roberts
Conceptions of Contraceptions: Feminist Anthropological Perspectives on Men, Women, and Reproductive Health in Two K’iche’ Maya Communities Matthew R. Dudgeon
The Body and Embodiment in the History of Feminist Anthropology: An Idiosyncratic Excursion through Binaries Frances E. Mascia-Lees
Discipline and Desire: Feminist Politics, Queer Studies, and New Queer Anthropology Margot Weiss
Part III Reverberations: Transnational Encounters
A Greater Measure of Justice: Gender, Violence, and Reparations Kimberly Theidon
Cooking with Firewood: Deep Meaning and Environmental Materialities in a Globalized World Meena Khandelwal
Feminist Anthropology: Approaching Domestic Violence in Northern Viet Nam Lynn Kwiatkowski
Studying Gender and Neoliberalism Transnationally: Implications for Theory and Action Catherine Kingfisher
Introduction. Anthropologies and Feminisms: Mapping Our Intellectual Journey Leni M. Silverstein and Ellen Lewin
Part I Foundations: Problematizing Feminist Anthropology
Feminist Anthropology Engages Social Movements: Theory, Ethnography, and Activism Louise Lamphere
Feminist Linguistics and Linguistic Feminisms Elise Kramer
The Curious Relationship of Feminist Anthropology and Women’s Studies A. Lynn Bolles
Part II Expansions: Confronting Universals
When Nature/Culture Implodes: Feminist Anthropology and Biotechnology Elizabeth F. S. Roberts
Conceptions of Contraceptions: Feminist Anthropological Perspectives on Men, Women, and Reproductive Health in Two K’iche’ Maya Communities Matthew R. Dudgeon
The Body and Embodiment in the History of Feminist Anthropology: An Idiosyncratic Excursion through Binaries Frances E. Mascia-Lees
Discipline and Desire: Feminist Politics, Queer Studies, and New Queer Anthropology Margot Weiss
Part III Reverberations: Transnational Encounters
A Greater Measure of Justice: Gender, Violence, and Reparations Kimberly Theidon
Cooking with Firewood: Deep Meaning and Environmental Materialities in a Globalized World Meena Khandelwal
Feminist Anthropology: Approaching Domestic Violence in Northern Viet Nam Lynn Kwiatkowski
Studying Gender and Neoliberalism Transnationally: Implications for Theory and Action Catherine Kingfisher
Epilogue Tom Boellstorff
Notes on Contributors Index
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