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A Passion for Difference Henrietta L. Moore

A Passion for Difference By Henrietta L. Moore

A Passion for Difference by Henrietta L. Moore

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In this book Henrietta Moore examines the nature and limitations of the theoretical languages used by anthropologists and others to write about sex, gender and sexuality.

A Passion for Difference Summary

A Passion for Difference: Essays in Anthropology and Gender by Henrietta L. Moore

In this book Henrietta Moore examines the nature and limitations of the theoretical languages used by anthropologists and others to write about sex, gender and sexuality.

A Passion for Difference Reviews

a With an unusual commitment to getting ideas across, Moore succeeds in making her writing accessible even to a non--specialist audience. She is successful in this tour de force, engaging with key theorists and providing rich illustrations from her own and othersa anthropological data. ... Each of the seven essays is of interest in its own right ...a . Times Higher Educational Supplement a Once again her writing is intensely personal and her enthusiasm for her subject radiates from the page. ... Her exposition of argument is lucid ... The two final chapters ... are the most impressive in the volume, combining passion with scholarship in a concluding tour de force.a Sociology

About Henrietta L. Moore

Henrietta Moore is Reader in Social Anthropology at the London School of Economics and the author of several previous books including Feminism and Anthropology (Polity, 1988).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements. Introduction: A Passion for Difference. 1. The Divisions Within:. Sex, Gender and Sexual Difference. 2. Embodied Selves:. Dialogues Between Anthropology and Psychoanalysis. 3. Fantasies of Power and Fantasies of Identity:. Gender, Race and Violence. 4. Bodies on the Move:. Gender, Power and Material Culture. 5. Social Identities and the Politics of Reproduction. 6. Master Narratives: . Anthropology and Writing. 7. The Feminist Anthropologist and the Passion(s) of New Eve. Notes. References. Index.

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GOR001325126
9780745613086
074561308X
A Passion for Difference: Essays in Anthropology and Gender by Henrietta L. Moore
Henrietta L. Moore
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Polity Press
1994-10-13
192
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