The Gender of the Gift: Problems with Women and Problems with Society in Melanesia Volume 6 Contributor(s): Strathern, Marilyn (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520072022 ISBN-13: 9780520072022 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $36.58 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1990 Annotation: In the most original and ambitious synthesis yet undertaken in Melanesian scholarship, Marilyn Strathern argues that gender relations have been a particular casualty of unexamined assumptions held by Western anthropologists and feminist scholars alike. The book treats with equal seriousness--and with equal good humor--the insights of Western social science, feminist politics, and ethnographic reporting, in order to rethink the representation of Melanesian social and cultural life. This makes "The Gender of the Gift" one of the most sustained critiques of cross-cultural comparison that anthropology has seen, and one of its most spirited vindications. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - History | Asia - India & South Asia - Social Science | Women's Studies |
Dewey: 305.409 |
Series: Studies in Melanesian Anthropology |
Physical Information: 1.09" H x 5.92" W x 8.93" (1.30 lbs) 437 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Indian - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In the most original and ambitious synthesis yet undertaken in Melanesian scholarship, Marilyn Strathern argues that gender relations have been a particular casualty of unexamined assumptions held by Western anthropologists and feminist scholars alike. The book treats with equal seriousness-and with equal good humor-the insights of Western social science, feminist politics, and ethnographic reporting, in order to rethink the representation of Melanesian social and cultural life. This makes The Gender of the Gift one of the most sustained critiques of cross-cultural comparison that anthropology has seen, and one of its most spirited vindications. |