The Gender, Culture, and Power Reader - Softcover

Hodgson, Dorothy L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0190201770 ISBN 13: 9780190201777

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2015

Synopsis

The Gender, Culture, and Power Reader explores different approaches to the study and conceptualization of gender, the value and limitations of gender as an analytic category, and the theoretical insights about gender produced by ethnographic research into the everyday lives, labors, loves, and livelihoods of people throughout the world. Why does gender "matter"? How are dominant ideas and practices of gender perceived, produced, experienced, and contested in different societies? How does ethnographic research provide access to these stories, perspectives, and experiences? What is the relationship between evidence and theory? The Gender, Culture, and Power Reader addresses these questions and more. Expertly edited by Dorothy L. Hodgson, this diverse reader includes both classical debates and relevant contemporary topics like gender-based violence and human rights.

About this title

About the Author:

Dorothy Hodgson is Professor and Graduate Program Director in the Department of Anthropology at Rutgers University. She is the author of several books, including Being Maasai, Becoming Indigenous: Postcolonial Politics in a Neoliberal World (2011) and The Church of Women: Gendered Encounters between Maasai and Missionaries (2005).

Review:

"The approach of this book is engaged, political, and theoretical. It looks like a perfect fit for my course."--Angela Montague, University of Oregon

"This reader clearly outshines those currently available. Its organization and scope, and certainly its currency, are its chief strengths. I am impressed with the multi-dimensionality of Hodgson's approach to gender, the book's strong global reach, and the range of ethnographic articles. Its best feature is that it brings together current literature with a solid ethnographic foundation, with excellent introduction to theory and critiques of gender approaches."--Melinda Leach, University of North Dakota

"This book is a very welcome addition the study of gender in anthropology. It appears to have it all--an updated approach, well-organized sections, a good narrative to the study of gender in anthropology, and broad-ranging and diverse subjects that ought to interest students."--Jennifer Erickson, Ball State University

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0190201770
• ISBN 13: 9780190201777
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 496