The Gender of the Gift - Problems with Women and Problems with Society in Melanesia (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Studies in Melanesian Anthropology, 6
Release date:	November 1990
First published:	1989
Authors:	Marilyn Strathern
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	437
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-07202-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > Feminism
LSN:	0-520-07202-2
Barcode:	9780520072022

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