{"product_id":"the-subject-of-anthropology-gender-symbolism-and-psychoanalysis-hardback-9780745608082","title":"The Subject of Anthropology; Gender, Symbolism and Psychoanalysis (Hardback) 9780745608082","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Subject of Anthropology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eGender, Symbolism and Psychoanalysis\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHenrietta L. Moore (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745608082, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 29 January 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16 x 2.6 cm, 0.535 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"An excellent and compelling book that, among the many aspects worth discussing, invites the forging of new alliances between anthropology and psychoanalysis in their common concerns for culture, representation and the nature of symbols.\"\u003cbr\u003ehttp:\/\/blogs.lse.ac.uk\/lsereviewofbooks\/2012\/05\/29\/the-subject-of-anthropology-gender-symbolism-and-psychoanalysis-by-henrietta-moore\/\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLSE Review of Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A very well written book on an important topic by one of the most gifted anthropologists of her generation ... that is bound to become a classic text in the emergent cross-road between psychoanalysis, anthropology and feminist studies.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Provides a stimulating challenge to social theorists of subjectivity to apply its arguments to other sets of ethnographic data, and to take up and extend the debate that Moore initiates in this innovative book.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBritish Journal of Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book is invaluable – there is nothing else like it. Well-organized and beautifully written, it is also clear as a bell, which is no mean feat when dealing with these complex and abstruse issues.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmily Martin, \u003ci\u003eNew York University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is a major intellectual achievement by one of the pioneers of feminist anthropology. Henrietta Moore sets a new agenda for transnational gender and sexuality research while debating some of the cutting-edge theoretical issues in feminist psychoanalysis and post-structuralism. She urges us to acknowledge the complex and dynamic relationship between bodies and the variant cultural meanings attached to femininity and masculinity, but also to consider the enduring hold of the social imaginary upon the constitution of the subject. A major contribution to the political economy of sexuality in the global era.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRosi Braidotti, \u003ci\u003eUtrecht University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Henrietta Moore seeks to build a theory of gendered subjectivity by articulating the insights of psychoanalysis, anthropology and feminism. The extended readings of psychoanalytic theory through anthropological and feminist eyes are clear and illuminating. This is a rich and thought-provoking book.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSherry B. Ortner, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of California-Los Angeles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn this ambitious new book, Henrietta Moore draws on anthropology, feminism and psychoanalysis to develop an original and provocative theory of gender and of how we become sexed beings. Arguing that the Oedipus complex is no longer the fulcrum of debate between anthropology and psychoanalysis, she demonstrates how recent theorizing on subjectivity, agency and culture has opened up new possibilities for rethinking the relationship between gender, sexuality and symbolism.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing detailed ethnographic material from Africa and Melanesia to explore the strengths and weaknesses of a range of theories in anthropology, feminism and psychoanalysis, Moore advocates an ethics of engagement based on a detailed understanding of the differences and similarities in the ways in which local communities and western scholars have imaginatively deployed the power of sexual difference. She demonstrates the importance of ethnographic listening, of focused attention to people’s imaginations, and of how this illuminates different facets of complex theoretical issues and human conundrums.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten not just for professional scholars and for students but for anyone with a serious interest in how gender and sexuality are conceptualized and experienced, this book is the most powerful and persuasive assessment to date of what anthropology has to contribute to these debates now and in the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Body, Mind and World 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 A Genealogy of the Anthropological Subject 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Culture, Power and Desire 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Objects and Relations with (M)others 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Problem of the Phallus 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Being and Having 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Kinship and Sexuality 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Mothers and Men 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Social Transformations 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 259\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Archaeology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Archaeology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Archaeology%20%5BHD%5D%22\"\u003eHD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52406516351256,"sku":"9780745608082","price":45.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745608082.jpg?v=1784139448","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-subject-of-anthropology-gender-symbolism-and-psychoanalysis-hardback-9780745608082","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}