ANTY-427: Anthropology of Gender   Tags: anthropology, course_guide  

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This is a sampling of books in the MSU Library related to the antrhopology of gender. MSU librarians will assist you to find other titles related to your specific topics.

Anthropology at the Front Lines of Gender-Based Violence - Jennifer R. Wies (Editor); Hillary J. Haldane (Editor)

Call Number: GN495.2.A567

ISBN: 9780826517807

Publication Date: 2011-08-22

Eleven ethnographic essays explore gender-based violence in "the small spaces of interaction" between victims and the workers who respond to and advocate for them directly.

Feminist Anthropology: Past, Present, and Future - Geller, Pamela L. & Miranda K. Stockett (Eds.)

Call Number: GN33.8.F443

ISBN: 0812239407

Publication Date: 2006-06-01

American archaeologists and cultural and biological anthropologists look at the current state of feminist anthropology three decades after the approach explicitly began.

Japanese Language, Gender, and Ideology - Shigeko Okamoto (Editor); Janet S. Shibamoto Smith

Call Number: PL524.75.J36

ISBN: 0195166175

Publication Date: 2004-10-28

This volume brings together studies that substantially advance our understanding of the relationship between Japanese language and gender, with particular focus on examining local linguistic practices in relation to dominant ideologies.

Handbook of Methods in Cultural Anthropology - H. Russell Bernard

Call Number: GN345.H37

ISBN: 0761991514

Publication Date: 1979-10-28

Nineteen chapters by active researchers describe the methods that anthropologists use, the logic behind their use, and the complex problems involved in conducting research on people in their natural setting.

Feminist Anthropology - Ellen Lewin (Editor)

Call Number: GN33.8.F44

ISBN: 1405101954

Publication Date: 2006-02-03

Feminist Anthropology surveys the history of feminist anthropology and offers students and scholars a fascinating collection of both classic and contemporary articles, grouped to highlight key themes from the past and present.

Gender and Anthropology - Frances E. Mascia-Lees; Nancy Johnson Black

Call Number: GN479.65.M34

ISBN: 1577660668

Publication Date: 1999-08-01

Polygamy in Primetime - Janet Bennion

Call Number: HQ994.B46

ISBN: 9781611682625

Publication Date: 2012-05-08

Although Bennion highlights problems associated with polygamy, including evidence that some forms are at high risk for father-child incest, she challenges the media-driven depiction of plural marriage as uniformly abusive and harmful to women.

Making Gender - Sherry B. Ortner

Call Number: GN479.65.O77

ISBN: 0807046329

Publication Date: 1996-10-31

A collection of eight essays by a pioneering feminist anthropologist, illuminating 25 years of her theories about gender, culture, and women's roles.

Women, Gender, Religion - Elizabeth A. Castelli (Editor); Rosamond C. Rodman (Editor)

Call Number: BL458.W5767

ISBN: 031224004X

Publication Date: 2001-10-12

Interdisciplinary and multi-traditional, these essays highlight the contributions that various disciplinary approaches make to feminist/gender studies and religion.

The Archaeology of Colonialism - Barbara Voss (Editor); Eleanor Casella (Editor)

Call Number: HQ18.E8A73

ISBN: 9781107008632

Publication Date: 2011-10-31

This volume examines human sexuality as an intrinsic element in the interpretation of complex colonial societies. While archaeological studies of the historic past have explored the dynamics of European colonialism, such work has largely ignored broader issues of sexuality, embodiment, commemoration, reproduction and sensuality.

Gendered Transformations - Tonny Krijnen; Claudia Alvares (Editor); Sofie Van Bauwel (Editor)

Call Number: P96.S45G463

ISBN: 9781841503660

Publication Date: 2010-08-15

Comprising the most current scholarship from leading experts in the fields of gender and media studies,Gendered Transformations offers readers a new foundation from which to reexamine traditional perspectives on gender.

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