Autor: Shirley Ardener

Anthropologists and historians have shown us that ‘male’ and ‘female’ are variously defined historically and cross-culturally. The contributions to this volume focus on the voluntary and involuntary, …

In both professional and academic fields, there is increasing interest in the way in which white-collar workers engage with institutions and networks which are complex social constructions. Covering …

The Bakweri people of Mount Cameroon, an active volcano on the coast of West Africa a few degrees north of the equator, have had a varied and at times exciting history which has brought them into con …

The 1880s were a critical time in Cameroon. A German warship arrived in the Douala estuary and proclaimed Cameroon a protectorate. At that time, two Swedes, Knutson and Waldau, were living on the upp …

Drawing on family materials, historical records, and eyewitness accounts, this book shows the impact of war on individual women caught up in diverse and often treacherous situations. It relates stori …

This collection of essays by eminent anthropologists, missiologists and historians explores the hitherto neglected topic of women missionaries and the effect of Christian missionary activity upon wom …

This collection of essays by eminent anthropologists, missiologists and historians explores the hitherto neglected topic of women missionaries and the effect of Christian missionary activity upon wom …

This book studies women»s language use in bilingual or multi-lingual cultural situations. The authors – social anthropologists, language teachers, and interpreters cover a wide variety of geographic …

Second, Revised Edition The relationship between women and space has now been recognized as an important issue for feminist discussion. Developments in psychology and geography have encouraged the us …

This book studies women»s language use in bilingual or multi-lingual cultural situations. The authors – social anthropologists, language teachers, and interpreters cover a wide variety of geographic …

Second, Revised Edition The relationship between women and space has now been recognized as an important issue for feminist discussion. Developments in psychology and geography have encouraged the us …

Second, Revised Edition To what are we referring when we speak of women? What is the nature of women in society; what is the nature of women in society? These are the central questions of this classi …

Second, Revised Edition To what are we referring when we speak of women? What is the nature of women in society; what is the nature of women in society? These are the central questions of this classi …

Originally published in 1984, this book touches the private lives and professional responsibilities of men and women, as it illustrates the comic as well as serious effects of the ‘incorporation’ of …

Originally published in 1984, this book touches the private lives and professional responsibilities of men and women, as it illustrates the comic as well as serious effects of the ‘incorporation’ of …

A member of the Igbo tribe of Nigeria who became a nun and trained as an anthropologist, Joseph Therese Agbasiere had a unique opportunity to transcend some of the preconceptions and subjectivities i …

A member of the Igbo tribe of Nigeria who became a nun and trained as an anthropologist, Joseph Therese Agbasiere had a unique opportunity to transcend some of the preconceptions and subjectivities i …

This volume presents important essays inspired by the pioneering works of three leading women anthropologists. The title may therefore be read in more than one way. The three biographical essays in t …

This volume presents important essays inspired by the pioneering works of three leading women anthropologists. The title may therefore be read in more than one way. The three biographical essays in t …

On most continents – from the USA to Africa and Asia – various forms of rotating savings and credit associations (ROSCAs) serve men and women of the community, often as their major — and sometimes t …

On most continents – from the USA to Africa and Asia – various forms of rotating savings and credit associations (ROSCAs) serve men and women of the community, often as their major — and sometimes t …