Women Writing Culture

by Ruth Behar

Book Overview

In this collection of new reflections on the sexual politics, racial history, and moral predicaments of anthropology, feminist scholars explore a wide range of visions of identity and difference. How... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520202082
• ISBN13: 9780520202085
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 470 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

must read for feminist anthropologists

An inspired and insightful book! Women Writing Culture is a must read for feminist anthropologists. This book provides a wealthy historical base imperative to new up and comings in academia. The biographical pieces offer a sense of community to anthropologists and gender studies majors and the fresh, new voices offer a challenge to take feminist anthropology and gender studies to the next level. Additional to the many perks this book offers to students and others surviving in academia, it is also written in accecible language so that the general public reading for pleasure may understand and enjoy it as well. Ruth Behar and Deborah Gordan challege their readers to think outside of the popularly accepted boundaries of women's studies, feminist studies, and cultural studies. Stepping outside of this box can be uncomfortable, but I'll guess that you'll find that "uncomfortable" is where you'll rather be.