Mapping Feminist Anthropology in the Twenty-First Century
Ellen Lewin (Edited by), Leni M. Silverstein (Edited by), A. Lynn Bolles (Contributions by), Tom Boellstorff (Epilogue by), Matthew R. Dudgeon (Contributions by), Meena Rani Khandelwal (Contributions by), Catherine Kingfisher (Contributions by), Elise A. Kramer (Contributions by), Lynn Kwiatkowski (Contributions by), Ellen Lewin (Introduction by), Leni M. Silverstein (Introduction by), Louise Lamphere (Contributions by), Frances Mascia-Lees (Contributions by), Rayna Rapp (Preface by), Margot Weiss (Contributions by), Elizabeth F. S. Roberts (Contributions by), Kimberly Theidon (Contributions by)
9780813574288
Paperback / softback, published 7 July 2016
310 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.454 kg
"This rich, well-written, timely set of essays should be required reading for courses about feminist anthropology, the history of gender and women's studies, and those that treat activism in the range of arenas inflected by gender and sexuality and are mapped in constantly shifting ways across human political, sociocultural, and environmental realities ... Summing up: Essential."
(Choice) "A fresh mapping of feminist anthropology, with outstanding contributions ranging from body politics to transnationalism. The time is right for this smart and engaging collection."
- Florence E. Babb (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) "A very fine and welcome addition to the field.”
- Carla Freeman (Emory University) "The volume's strongest contributions are those in which authors ground feminist theories with ethnographic data to impel social justice."
(Journal of Royal Anthropological Institute) "This collection is a valuable and encouraging set of meditations on that question and a call for feminist anthropologists to continue embracing their vexations."
(American Ethnologist) (Choice)
Feminist anthropology emerged in the 1970s as a much-needed corrective to the discipline’s androcentric biases. Far from being a marginalized subfield, it has been at the forefront of developments that have revolutionized not only anthropology, but also a host of other disciplines. This landmark collection of essays provides a contemporary overview of feminist anthropology’s historical and theoretical origins, the transformations it has undergone, and the vital contributions it continues to make to cutting-edge scholarship.
Mapping Feminist Anthropology in the Twenty-First Century brings together a variety of contributors, giving a voice to both younger researchers and pioneering scholars who offer insider perspectives on the field’s foundational moments. Some chapters reveal how the rise of feminist anthropology shaped-and was shaped by-the emergence of fields like women’s studies, black and Latina studies, and LGBTQ studies. Others consider how feminist anthropologists are helping to frame the direction of developing disciplines like masculinity studies, affect theory, and science and technology studies.
Spanning the globe-from India to Canada, from Vietnam to Peru-Mapping Feminist Anthropology in the Twenty-First Century reveals the important role that feminist anthropologists have played in worldwide campaigns against human rights abuses, domestic violence, and environmental degradation. It also celebrates the work they have done closer to home, helping to explode the developed world’s preconceptions about sex, gender, and sexuality.
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
Epilogue
Tom Boellstorff
Notes on Contributors
Index
