anthropological experiences
anthropology
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collection of essays
cross cultural perspective
cultural analysis
cultural anthropology
cultural studies
demographic studies
diverse experiences
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female scientists
feminism
feminist studies
field work
foreign cultures
foreign woman
gender studies
living working relationships
memoirs
nonfiction
perceptions of women
pioneering women
research methods
social science
unfamiliar cultures
women anthropologists
womens studies
Product details
- ISBN 9780520054226
- Weight: 544g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 28 Jul 1986
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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What is it like to be an anthropologist or, more specifically, a woman anthropologist? Here we see highly trained and qualified women anthropologists examining their own efforts to live and work in alien cultures in many parts of the world. New chapters have been added to this ground-breaking volume, and each contributor is, in one way or another, a pioneer. All have chosen to devote their lives and energies to the understanding of worlds not their own. All have felt it important to explain what they do, why they do it, and how they feel about their work. Cultures vary widely in their perception of a woman engaged in anthropological field work. Each of these women has had to deal with the influence of her gender, as well as the subject of her study, on the mechanics of establishing a living-working relationship with people of another culture. The diversity of their responses to the presence of a foreign woman at work in their midst gives the book an invaluable cross-cultural perspective, as does the great variety of reactions and strategies on the part of the authors themselves.
Besides providing rare insight into field work in general, "Women in the Field" mirrors the difficulties and delights of any person thrust into an unfamiliar culture.
