Feminism and Gender

What is the image that goes through your mind, when thinking about evolution? Is it the picture above, “the evolution of man” or do you see a woman? What did women look like evolving? With sexual dimorphism it would be much different than what people have in mind. Why isn’t this taken to mind when [...]

Anthropology and Gender: The Feminist Critique; Slocum, Leacock, and Stoler.

Like all fields of Academia, Anthropology was a bastion for “good ol’ boys” ( as a certain professor  states in his oft-repeated caveat, “pardon my genitalia”). Even in the days of Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict, women “were marginalized, pigeonholed, and excluded from important aspects of the discipline.” It was not until the fifties that discussions of [...]

Feminism

You have to check out Hannah Arendt’s work, particularly with regard to labor. The following is from: i. Labor: Humanity as Animal Laborans Labor is that activity which corresponds to the biological processes and necessities of human existence, the practices which are necessary for the maintenance of life itself. Labor is distinguished by its never-ending [...]

The Feminist Critique

Is Feminism postmodern? Who in Antonio Gramnci? Antonio_Gramsci Any comments on some classics in this area: Anthropology and Gender: The Feminist Critique -Sally Slocum, Woman the Gatherer: Male Bias in Anthropology (1975) -Eleanor Leacock, Interpreting the Origins of Gender Inequality: Conceptual and Historical Problems (1983) -Ann L. Stoler, Making Empire Respectable: the Politics of Race [...]