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 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …