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Gender’s Place Feminist Anthropologies of Latin America

This collection brings together key theoretical issues and rich ethnographic cases in the feminist anthropology of Latin America in order to explore the ways that 'place' - understood both geographically and metaphorically - can serve as a key vehicle for analyzing the cultural, social, an...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Montoya, Rosario (Editor), Frazier, Lessie Jo (Editor), Hurtig, Janise (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Palgrave Macmillan US 2002, 2002
Subjects:
Feminism
Sex (psychology)
Social Sciences
Sociology
Organic Chemistry
Gender Studies
Gender Expression
Feminist Theory
Anthropology
Gender Identity
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This collection brings together key theoretical issues and rich ethnographic cases in the feminist anthropology of Latin America in order to explore the ways that 'place' - understood both geographically and metaphorically - can serve as a key vehicle for analyzing the cultural, social, and historical specificity of gender relations and ideologies. Like Dorothy Hodgson's volume, Gendered Modernities, the book seeks to unite ethnographic specificity with theoretical cohesion in a way that demonstrates the unique contribution that anthropology can make to gender and area studies
Physical Description:XII, 306 p online resource
ISBN:9781137122278

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