pres ‘ Wh aril tony Wed OE os A Rosa 06014Im YloedsFundor's fen dawg Aare ‘Ntsc, he nessa pana he cma ba hashing te pone (Dau ing courtesy of Yolande | Tide) Ce emee Outer Ele As Tong asserts tle ores nobody hic to woman Ovando, 1938 een thong ass incognito, ad ee sow notebook ae ry theathortes dp he repistrof aes. wavrex nenyanins “One-Way Size,” 1938 The Bare-Breasted Woman vith the Eyes at Her Back swviar rinstaseated meto Yolanda Fanos’ Tkawing wee the bace breasts ofthe woman ‘ching the pene In aohropology is says the other woman, the native woman somewhere clos the woman who does'e writ the Kang, troman the Balinese woman the Nena Geo _paphicwman, so as bess, Breasts te seen, expe, picrred, brought home, and putin book. “The woman anthropologist, se woman who erica, ao Bat Best, br shes ten permission o cone them behind her pen and ad of paper. Yer it at her own pr hat she ‘Eloder het into inking ber breasts do not rate are inv, cancer wom et up wth them, the male gaze does ot take ther ntoseer ii ee at test nc devoted Boge one eee atte ala elenetee corer me Geen TT ceo eeceanetrnar re rent ee aie meets oe eae ee eee epee erry are ‘sion, a flowering androgynous peacock, is mukicolored—bluc, ink Hurple, ye a ee eee eae ‘out for ane another, the sa of eyes on our backs is 00 longer Anything to fear. eee crore ett i a are ace ae ee eee Toureys that bing them home apna to rds an, nowy 10 tse cn es To compart ot fg, sbembled by he dale hand of ane wwomta somewhere ee ‘A Fork nthe Rood Where Writing Culture Meets This Bridge Called My Back ‘This bok was btn ofa double este cr in anroplogy and the css, in feminism. fis» 13905 response 0 two etal projets of the 2988 tat ‘ennrped seperate like paral! inet dened neve omit but which is book has st sbou to join tgc, One projec merging within anthropology, was hc osunodenin or ext rgd, ber exemple bythe astology Writing Cal tar: The Poti and alc of Echotrapy, eed by James Clie, a istcsa of ancropolgs, an Groge Marsan an ancicopoogi ond cic of reali” tions in enogrphicweting. Tar book was the produ of ineeting "adranced seminar” arte School af Ameecaa Reseach Sans Fe ‘he abe projec, sterning ftom cries of white midlets fine by lesbians sod women of calor emerged lem oot he academy an yt ens the women's sedis mausteca traug the anthology The Bridge Called My act edd by Chee Mocaga and Gloria Anal, api of Chins leis pose” Wihout scenic our, Moraga ad Anza Wonnied about pay inghe rece wile prodacng rir bok, in which they eacosraged women of ole who bad ar ehouhs of seme at writer to pasciate. The Wing Care oj el squarely witha academic teranys the peje of This Bridge Called My Back wa a callengs roe closed bord of hat wero. ‘was warned both by oue concerned Female editor and by kingly eae str est who cares deply bout ti project and combed to Whiting Cala) ‘oemphase hat Wonen Writing Cale isa neand dace enterpse, son hing sul orignal with no kisi to Whiting Culture, Oeewis, was tad, we ‘would ran the ek of having our hook dissed (by en) at deriasive—"And ow we hear from he women abou che sume old hig.” Whe appreciate his sere advice, I potest be old and eae and clan Weng Cate a ky recuse to ofr peje, “Te publication of tat anoloy in 1985s fa debate abou he pedis rests of caltal epeenaion ha hen up Norh America athropoloy 2>¢ Trough anew slawacenes othe distin. Bren those who ered Whig Cudare acknowledged sts portance by gig tee sions atetin* The hooks purpose was to maie a0 aceeiblyobvioos poe: that aathropolgiss vw, And rhe tac wha they wt, ame ethnogephier—a ange ros eween ce seis novel the tel cco che mane andthe eee report ad to be understood in terms of poets aod pols In a dicipline nocriousy overeromded ith Ineary wannabes Like the famed Bath Beneic and Edvard ‘Spi who id thee poem ram he watchful ee of Pap Fant Bos the father”rien authopology, his revelation was not eahhakng” Bat never before se ease eke ea a ey me esr a ci pies were onpatet mis fears conibarors questioned te capone potit that depends onthe words of (Frequent ls privilege ress Foooneenioe aap rtanan peer iens cece Za iionueiaseartnnrane Se lnetennca cyan ee ete eta evapo 1 i esate tr trie ee ae ieee cnet eons te ss eee wo can rang aes apo Si rtd ing a, ane ii gh» Pt aban rns a eta nets Aca Sianeli pts Oey ween esc hn es pec cout nie pea age SRDS Suunto om Sanne oe se Se ena ae eg thet poe Sn ae ceria tee cahondtn gab tea ensteges ey ere cease owl ec Penne eeemaney pemetereee nn ie STO tir nas Senne on me SELES ane arctan pe Sr eR ty ene Tole cttmpag tone ima motnt abet eyelet ape et “oe ear epas ae coe lr x creole by ese rn FOS SR a ater reeta Sacre patton rca tan nd coe ‘Were Catt, not suring, bot saddened and infeed oany women nvbrulonis Bot page inthe iory of atropolgiawsig have ever Created sy sob angsh among feminist reader a dd James Clffrs uneasy rents juin he afuence of women andvopolgis from the pojst of ‘Worn Cave. Past wo cou fr thi gp by the cx of feminist ender who tevin he bk nama, Chifrd made the now ifm ai that, -woren anthropolgists were exshaded because dei weting failed to Bi the requis ‘net of beng fein and exuallyincvative "Tobe woman weting ete ‘came a contadizion ig em: women who Wie experimental re at ist soup, while womea who writs femnits witemgoorace of the ext he oy that underpins hi fx “Theft major foun response ta thee ides was led by Debora Gordon, the coetitoe oF he boo, who arp that “en important problem with ‘exper sen ethnographic author ie grounding in 4 maine subjetity wich tscourges feminist deny wih new modes of ehngraphy, claiming to He eco whe simultane cling fina oa ane poison of ser tae” Yer Gordon insisted that de essa in Writing Care wete not malicious the were simply emblematic ofthe “nellecive management of me's negation ‘of feminism." Fallowieg Gordon's insight, ih Newton and Jat tgey have -hosen to explore in thi eny fr this vole presi the difclies men expe ‘ein oatig hemsves within eno, a they tt avo! bei oui 0, ‘ore, iatrlopecs in wom ran Crane our bin his book agus for spe mal eae oppo ‘on berteen Writing Ciltre and Women Wting Culture, Femi evsion is lays ince of those men who, a Joseph Boone and Mishel Cadden pti, ‘want abjare the “mule gaze” and to le ores eatin engendered ers ‘ater than teoagh an “Lye” that aging nel an race" Bu ea that Writing Cult took a aba the hear of emia aaroplagy, which was devalued ata dreary, hopeless, facsinding msson—so, ll as my dea te women among te Bongo Bongo indeed so erly dierent Ax Cathe Late noes in er en fr thie volume, the conse prssute on at women to wok op out bodies ad our fahians now shied 10 out writing whith nde ‘nore work fie "amia” war ever ging 0 meu uP _Aeewat thse of us uo bad one ns anteopoogy withthe desma w= lags hed had on wigs lipped for ot being anata enough ook hol ol he pe wih fever tne would sever agin pm 0 sh ot lathes of nigh ‘der our beds as Emly Dickson di with er pot Inthe Writing Cat sur project was 2 ol eatin, For we cold Bot mis he ony A women we being “beraved to wotecuure more create more selon, more api) by le clleagee who conned opecte with a gees ies hy that eprodoced te wus zeae of ower elation whi satopolog the ‘ede nd ciety in eral ‘And thos the irony of boke—which might ever have come about fo or the aboece of women in Writing Cds, Ju a the ethslogy Woman, Cure end Societe landmack text of eur 19754 fein predecsor, appropriated tnd sherby esaforne the anthropologilcasi Mem, Care and Soi 10 too e baerelaned he prot of Writing Cutz" More than owenty year a0 [Aira Rich asered hat nae wets do aa wet for women or with ens of ‘womans, when choosing thet aerials es, and langage Bat womenssc en hy spose ob ing wen, wt foe at eee hh ang ss of bing rere yey nda ve loomapate ewig ef avingaleny brn eed ets wd That cain heat of ern eo et tm eal eon” 2 ata arid Me eed tno te wang of Je wo ation uo Beak ks bold oer uk" Tape days ave to be espe; tha a0 oe be ole women srncat ny Foss, ag hn bos Bega ones Meena eet mi Something ch be Ost bok nites ste Tre Scenes beyond Weng Clin elven crease proce arf combiner and prac shutouts demeetsng po Seo enon to xe and eho wel wo ee, egencee SOE ucses oftescadny aang stg es SERS ap doa anew way of oting ata ear no it a nan The ena ald hae evson ante ior pela ante ‘eT amtroplopy on inelecal par wih 0 gag wa asd [eet wen ed arse yon” i Wan cl’ ees on emit acoplgs wana pow avg rine the et of Thi Bride Caled My Back, o he the band, a © SEAL osop wn ur nck We ead Th Brige my ofa de Suki being aust profesor tly ecco ne Seni teom fer ner souey whoo eet in atop Sorusl gees Mny afm ton, ane como fo om et 5 “rors” eer ow atop easing mae hepa abou te Tuc ofthe ms A Pl Een ed naa Lovet Tre nh Se Sha lane rein The re ought ne ney he fo srr cg fer nye odes how ux oto knowing auld Be Se brine wun nova te Aan Ameen ch ovement “hl chsmofChan ara moet Ande Ths Brg at = dil career aw arte heart of omit ueopaegy—r ade ur eink he Shp with st Wd women hd ualomeoaty eee «celal ber rth inoue of Th Wort” wou” worsen" And ores enn Anonyme home” Ths Brent only eed anion whi fe Groves bts gad the ipo of ening neces one Tecithiwould snowy deren of act cl tal ofeon ela “Thou pgs, od ai Thor te dvs berwes woes eu be seer te ces bmdng them ne berg od esa lop or fein TO TS pluses roe tthe ant sve sod pil i be Nok ‘Seta noun deve ed cme 9 et tin ons Wome hl tan tae om or omen, mao teh, espn sed win sna poe of elon. Ping “Thana Cala ly Bick ie by eon he Booka wih Weng Calter . rarsopverion feist antropoogits er de indesuaey ofthe dichotomies beeween Subst snd Obj, Seif and Oc she West andthe Res. “There wo also x Gecp cones i Thi Bridge with the pois of authors. “he comibuors, women of Naive Anetican, Afcan American, Lain Amn, td Aan American Background, wrote afl conscioases ofthe ft that they ‘nee once he colonies natn infra objec of the ehsopaphic nd they pondered the gues of who hae te gh owe eur foe whom. ‘nduopolgise and snilor spin, hey ated, were no long the ina purveyors of knowige stove cukural meanigs and understandings. Queso Ing anthcoplog's fen sai, policed, comforably-someheres concept felt, thy challenge athropologe to take et account the dstiminaions ‘frac, bomophobin, sexi and clase inthe Auer to which we coptine ‘ly rrmed aft putting or eesech inary places Aware ofthe pigs ‘ftthoship they wore fo chalege ee dateorng and snag forms of el “xpresion dat academic elim eniurage. At Gloria Anza expressed They conrins ts that ye a cuca at fora’ sake, Bow down othe ed tll form. Pu frames dod meafamas around the wring" Breaking open te toto of fen in vdeo democrat asses to wei, This Bridge Called My Teck iclded poems, cima sores spec, aie, dialogues, and lees, ‘Aude Lorde wre en open eter to Mazy Daly, asking if se viewed her a tine informant Hive pou ead my work, and the work of other back women, for wha it could giveyoa? Or did you han cough ont find word tat would Iehimie your shapes on Aca geitel muslavon?” Gia Anzaldéa wrote 2 lene to Third World wore writers in which she recalled he pin of coming 2 sting: “The schools we atended or gr atend did aot gv us the sills for (rig nor he conhdene shat we were corzct sig oa las and er a [ses I for oe, bcune dep ad eajeed in Els spite to show up i fopane ac eaher who ough all Chicano chien were dab and di.” ‘ad Nelle Wong in lec heal spoke ofthe ned to win many vices ted fens wile tang the ity of gy weings "Your poss and stories oe sre’ enough Nothing fr you is ever enough and so you chalenge you tees agua pain oy fmeting new 0 bp bud a movement, 0 og tie fo the sighs of working peopl, to woke a novela play 0 eae 2 lvng ‘hecer that wl enbody your deans od vison ery in eit." ‘amen Wring Cure follows th pct of Th Boge Caled My Back by efsng to separate cersve wong fom crea weg. Out book is maleic {nd inlades Biographical Borel and Herp exay, tion, aobogty, Theater pot, ie score, rveopus, cal exci, Sldwork asours, and ened tens vais kinds We do a sly ce the work of women of or terete the monta of snde, ce, and clas and go oa wit codec busines a unl: handing freee ore with one hand and aking i away with he otk” For we have become all soo aware tht ao only were women athropoloisclad om he pote of Writing Cure bu 50 90 were native” and “ior cee Nehopologite Tne words of he Aca America etc bel hooks he Pat erngCuluri “te face fe browa/lack worn” beat its ie Sieh representing the concealment that aks mach of he wei iside.* Ferm ersment was bated on ano avnpion: that experimen in wri ATS ot kel so ow from the one ther lst pepe, cha people af colar pve witout enue” Barat Ade Lorde once Brey asserted, poetry snot a ty for women and people of sion iia vil neces, “the seeton archie- fare of ves” any oft eotiburocs tthe Book ar themselves women of cole ou gant oF peng of yb etiey who ksow shat Uke co be heed and en srbropology a eels undng ofthe clic boundary beween ‘Sure and ebired, Many ar the regeneration of werent de aes 0 Five ated union dacanon and so bring to anthropology a sbarp sense of nes with the hirarhis embeded educaonalinstutis Sor are lesbians Sone are acrid wt lea, Some hive shoten 0 be wires bot aot thes ot eos bu or ives, Some ar apply single nd che. Smee tenured and “Somorable but kee byaminicurive hardens fom ding dhe weing tha a ters Someare unten andtraggling co do the wring hat matters while joglng bevy teaching loud and de burdess of Big juior foul. Three ae sadens sting do dhe wring that mates while tig to cama donate, We even fave mie oe, that ofa young graduate een erching for anche oeation terme the history ofmen's masing shou foreign Lands andthe pact of feminist wabesigs Our individual eajcaien ae erly as dives a or contribtions fabs book. there a gle thing common land chal of sare seeking i sn aothropology without ei, " ‘The Question ofthe Canen, oF Do Alice Walker and Margaret Mead Pose a Theat to Shakespeare and Evars-Pitchard? Amvoplingy i hie country, bar the shige of « woman—Margeet Mead, the mot fas aahoplogst of ue century. As anthropology, we eught 0 be proud of sh sbwatwsinan aod want to lm hey bot a realty may of ws ae tnt by ber, Only sow and then, ae rately aaced, do we is to her defen, Usually we donot ake he ey seriou. So we at 20 kel 0 pay senton whe Jame lilo each in the it age of i eroducion thatthe over photoath of Nriting Cahn, depicting white male erogrphee sib ‘ig ina notepad ree pao fw eel peopl, iso he sual poetat of sutiopoil Beware pero “We are moze secasomed 9 pret [FManpre lead enuberasy plying with cider in Manus oe quesning vik ages i a "Th an siting sp. Margate Mead was prolife wit who osrrote ter male collages and used her pent exploe gave tanging om eng tosoclcotssm osusbingaphy. As Nay Takes point out a here) 2 ths volume, between 1925 an 1975 Mead publhed more than 1,300 bobs bogapies als, and evens. Se alu wzte shor pees fox publstins an ing fom The Natio 0 Redbook magazine, to which she contd x monthly olan, Mead was pbc ines immered inthe tues of bere she Sppaved equal on levis all shows and whe Rap on Race was published ‘She iated that it keep the dialog fora eu of which i ha emerged in be on tection with Jams Baldi. Yer Meal's eputaion ag eis scholar has been Aanaged by er ienge inthe dicpline at “popslarze” Edvard E. Eran Prichard, a mae conemporary who was an exemplar ofthe profesional model of Cchnopaphi wring has beste dominant he acne, bended Mess wri tngas belonging 0 the "Ranting of he-Wisin-she-Ple-Tees School” Thee fate of Mead a a scholar, write and public ine, Clif’ sp of the pn, nosso he ft hat tthe age of he woman anoplogs as the on wh ia with te cle and question the wilagers, ot the One who wri the rx, tha lies om, dept dbe mythic conception of Amerien anthropology 2 pre tion hat epi espe othe contributions of woe. ‘Sey lif is oe aloe i aig esognine wren’ ort ani aryconibetions oetxoplogy. Nos isinply sen inthe diiline who axe 10 efor ovelaking women's work. In hr study of ato practi in nc log, Chberie Lars undeicored how both female ad mal autor ed 0 ite foe of the preucaby theoeel” wring of re, while womes writing ‘which oken foruses on gender issues is cited less frequently and usually is cecum Teribed contexts ch the sme way dha the waes of women’s Inbor go unsen ine lates sci, Lata sagen tht Wome abo a anvopolgy is quily ‘esed by te onntenance of spree erazchy within th Bice tha as Fee al) canoe of what count 4s importact knowledge. Toth Usted Suter have grown acted to hering of bates aout se sean" in department of Exh, In een yeas several majoc universes ae ‘yen revking te taional orcclam to nla wrtings by women and minor fen the ewo “roupe” who are big cle upon to dive the standard white Ina eeding lt of "sea books” Even te med ave jumped ico the debe by oflring gloomy case fon wins oft wodd whee che reases of igh ler clue, erent ded and pased oa though the generation nd ie testes, ave been replaced bythe fdesh wring of bask worsen ad ene seers ea by tsi inclerant and aia uppers isthe acadery™ ‘One eyiol forth peresved treat poed by the canon wars was the meci’s lai (which rouly bogs) tat books by Alce Watts are aw assigned nore requ than Shakespeare in Eaglsh deparcents™ shyt Tie put Tagine Inersare est equa Sakerpeace an the nove Ace "Walks oo a ass bu 8 Ragman ofzcogy. Shakespear i demed rpcase tok of act, sexist and dass x6h carry England, wie Water ‘relly embodies bere br til ppesieacth cenury Amer... Whereis sfeupsiedown world's to be found on many US, college muse” ” ait» Key conlson ofthe debe hasbeen the ned simply ad he ost of ebled wie 0 standardized reading it but lo examine how the ‘ress of margioliaton has shaped the works prodaced within the dona ‘or. A8 Ton! Morson has par it, "Looking tthe sope of Ameria leature, Tea ep inking hitb question should ever have ben “Why am, a8 Ao mei abset fom 2 Ie nota parca neering query sayy: The {pesca interesting question ‘What alla essa to be pected by ‘fesuthoro is ee wo erase me fom a society sething wih my presence, end ‘Tat eft basta pesfoance had on the wok" Hazel Cary, commenting ( Morsions ext, adds, "Preserving a gendered analy for ex by women o& hou women and 20 enalyieof race domination lo text by or del aout ck people will ot by il tctesorm our undereeding of orsinans cate ac ‘erage anteopoogiss ayed set at a tine when thet debates about tbe sierary cae, which were ely abou negating the meeang of Westen cure, Jorma poet of everyday ple douse ts he Unie Seat. Yer antropeogis ave echo eae fom dese debates swells macht conse. Although the bats have een edaced by thei devactorscoabal ver the elves of the work of Shakespear and Alice Walks, he key guston ate what Kod of ‘ring wll ise on te minds ofthe coming generation of readers and wate tod what bin of wing wil pers rom nest and hereby oss chance toshape nd arts he world Lamensing he re fc theory” that hes overaken che Saadenelicracy worl he Aldean Ameen ene Barbara Crem har tue remarked I kos rom ear hisory, tat writing napea unl there ea {For many athrpologiss, who ener he profession out of « dee to engage ‘it eal people neal (and sul forge} places he eae eric wih his” ‘eading Ia ofthe ret books of Westen cillation, ic sbi tithe. At leat ints cassia form, anthropology was a dispine that was ough and es." Eien today te aot etal beleve i books and archives we belere somehow (st the edempeve posible of diplacement, of wave even 28 poe sour jages onl seam sour oa abandosed hometown or Oat Dighschool graduates” We go im setch of ie experience, tbe al ht, a frofound ws), takes books Saturbingysdclour Yt iroicaly we ak books fur of th hg did ma chink we coal nd in books, We en Sp, he poet Manan se wu yang ea pol nd pla gy lens four sks ‘Bara cad anthropulgis we d nor simply wrt books, we each books, just sue wags do ia departs of English I ou Sldwork goes well if ‘ur dsetton s apeoved eventually most of end up—e a last hope to— la the datroom, teaching scores what annopoogy ill about. We may ell few inecdorer, brit soa eading sts hat comanuniateo sues what cos tuts lepine and worthwhile anttopologal knowledge. Antheopologis hove ett gua tee hat we, 00, haves cao, eae of prea books” that we tine 0 tick eo ove aden, af daily a they were one taught to wt [radute schol That there Hooke jst happe tobe he wigs of whic men an ‘dea that can acres be bought up. Ie seems somehow impolite, given amcor ‘ogy ve a the Bint scadeic dcipine event ive 4 ti abou al hose ote and fen vangulted cule So we Rail ang he woking of Ears Prichard beau is work onthe Avande atte Note as been exssined o P ‘fea soe" rein lt, Yor we rari as tants to ngage wth che wee of ‘lise Wiles eventhough, as Faye Haron persuasively showsin heresy fortis of, he has ag ses bl an ative neler wit aneeopooey. ‘The proesionsl management of ethiopolgy exces powe noe sty Big the vale of evan tegen a tir aclral rea of the clas Bat by decrining which emebsing cchograpiewrings wil be insted inc the is ie and which wil be writen of Loraine Neve apd Pee Pel sate, “To be {ake sion the cary, eal av to wie ei the Rory of “sein and conbuen sit of iva acai currents” Tha ofcourse, how cttons are conucte, Ax Joan Vincent put “When we fd ouseles holding in ee hands csi ethnograpies, we know that we ate abou co ead the vitors in srages for past and preset recogaon ad the atibacon of senate." The extn csi in Wing Cae dd na go far enough Vir- noe, bests beyond analsng sects it ial neesary “to adres tke polis around te writing the ext the oli of reading the wet, and te pols of i repeoducuon."”| Rese Amin anhroplogists have bemoaned eat hat er collngue leleatur leave hem or of te sutons about he anon andthe poses of mallu weachiog” But she contined lack of cal refton about our ‘on canon mpgs that sthopology bas ye cary ou the ada Kind of sl ‘eaminason thst woul bring i mclcalaal quest home, We assume da beens Ine ave always steed he ote we have romebowy be animation We toed ro arte opie mena, incorporated the lsghs of mulultira- inmint the academic engin which we work: Amevcan anthropology under he ‘Section of Fane Bon, German Jew ade a tly onion undermining farm ado loging the national consciousness an atareaes of he der thon weaked upon Native Amicus. But seeacly invoking Rows ad resin 02 those lar will ot bald an antopology ofthe preset. Our auheoploay ‘depen aces and seades bois belong way go before hey becme tial divese, wl nou teaching we conte m epedce the heel alee of Euro-American sls r "Why eat the epacy of wh counts as socal shear is acd bask oly 0 Lewis Henry Morgan, Kal Mars le Dati, Max Webes Nice Foes,/ L nd Tee Bourdieu? Why i thece no a parallel matelinea gevealagy tang off Tao sy serra he-centrywoek of Charlore Perkins Gilman? She wrote not vernon eats, Women and Economies, but lio the shor say “The Yellow Stulpepes ein algory about te madness of «woman Who was peveoted Rom eign wring Why ithe eulae concep in achropoloy oly ced though Se Edad Tye, ran Boss, ronan Malinowski, Claude Lv Staes, pur’ Gut? Could the writing of clr not be aces ax the ay inthe ‘eho wags though Ele lews Pans, Ruth Benedict, Margaret Mead, El Deloria, Zora Nene Hurston, Ruth Lande, aod Barbara Merlo Ale Walker? Could we oot low this tajecrory down othe comtemporary oral hay ane li ‘ary woth, sly by Deborah Gordon er say hi Yon of Kia Ben: Inayor and other Hun Callege researcher ia the Hl Baio Proje on Puerto {ian women living ia Halen? Ar the sume te, shoot we approach ox canon mare andogyzoasy and ateme to undersad te inepay of male and Fenl therung of sven and eure? Not only do we need ro eae tera sppoach we need als to gucton nr antompion tt, aathopoly “itt fd isme develop ualcaly and from witha” and tun our ateation wo "cons oor oF expats, emigés, profesional and amateurs engaged i dislocated Sesion performance" And do we ot ned to explore fly, Toni Meron td Hs Cary sugges, che gundered aed racial erasies buses the cabo at fee have come ro know i? Why it that antheoplogy—de dain moe lg ‘macy iso p94 pin he mlpicy of languages and wrldy-eoines tobe Convene nach rslteyptriiaealand Euocessctems? | Tis high ine fora debate bout out canon As Faye Haion args, anbro- ogy fs sas eo elpate the contition of minster and women "to he Sans of spa eet tvs. the authorized cult men of expendable “ad ands lective... A sacl responsible and genuinely etal antbropol- should challenge eis inguitous reaction, and, fartbermoe et a postive x inp by promoing clear iventy where it count, a very cor.” The ‘suys i tis volume offer one erance fw that bate, eteling the story of “Arvccanatcopology in was tht allow us 0 imagine what Alice Walker ight ‘yoo only to Shshespeate but ato Erase Petchardand Mead, ‘Women Writing Caltre rote in pedagogical concerns, which ae also poli calepstnoigl and historia concen, This Book grew out of my own, fen Frain. ons to rei the atheoplogcl canon. I 199% inspite by Gor dows eetigue of Writing Cutie, I taupe yadaae seminar a the Unies oF hhigin on “Worn Weting Care: Tweedeh-Century Amerian Women Andoplinn" Scveates woman graduate siden with dient interes a anthropology souk the course, and ropether we tied to understand the particular ‘lenges ha ethnoprsphc wings posed for women suors Ow dswsions tenerted remendousextement. Fr the anthropology student in the group, he ours file swan and served «challenge to the core couse progam year long explortion ofthe story sn thery ofthe dinner nthe year Ta eashingincded Ruth Benet ar he ole woman autor on the ening is, For ‘es teaching for he etc carer acoas wit he word "Women" inthe Sie Heuned stand wha ena cha cours dargerot—ar wet Inclvant—to the oer 4x that no men dated niga up for Had ile he use simpy “Wekig Cac," Tam xan se ewsolient petra woud ve teen diferent. Of cure, the more sabveie ae Would ave been ro ave called the our "Wing Calure” and oll only have nag he wings of women stnograntest “Teating “Women Writing Calas” it became lest meta, to aed esi ay as a woman proto of anthropology, eed 1 reipae the canon of tathroplogeal knowledge ts deed and pase on frm one geraton 10 the nea inthe academy, {needed anatier po, anatberhitoy So [looked for podel in tbe texts of tote women ehnograhers who came before us Alice ‘lke has writen has" bene of models is Meraat a in ie. isan oct pesionl hard fort, simply bees mods ina in behavig ingrowth (tpt ad lntlixt even i rejeted-enich and ealarge on’ view of ex tence" Posy in iat seach for model my hand would be Bere by the ford wx of pte theory”—as Aden Rick ust in poem that imagines “a oma siting beweee the ove und the stars Bae Tae to forge end in det leatn how a2 worn, av ip iato he cigie tha gives ep sano erp els ey rings. However found i depen to undeake thi search alone. There wet 00 many hives o covey, t09 many lemmas 1 rel, ro many slenes © Teak io cbllenge al shose excuses fr politely shunting de wom: workin ttehropoloy, Women Writing Calta eed many of speaking a onc. Modiwomen in the Exotic “Tae women's moveren vided up itll Labor in sucha way shat emi ns andropologite et ourn car ofthe “gn of gender inguin fe ti leracy crs sot out in each of lor” female Iteray tadtons” Whit feminist leary cts wet about wearing se erry wore missing the ‘sentation, fins anehropologts were expected so jourcy beyond the ‘Wes, rough ier he Husun Relations Ares Fes or acral ikon ocd to bing back erp eats abot worpaoood that Westra women sould 1 0 | shiv bir on ideration Pebapsbeciate orga seemed cose to fundamental thy feniit eracy ci often borrowed toca concept om emi anthropologist spol ‘Hes about he neturetute pian the sex gender pater. emia anirop ‘gts were ches inetd byte ew readings of sexual plies hat ‘gs became the eademark of feria ear ctcism. On the whol, they pre feed purse inks wih lassie scial theory and plies economy andro write arf argued ye conBden tery ed wt rosealua exarples, tha per-suasely mathe case for women’s universal subordination whl oe als ees [ppt myths of male power Ax Deborah Gordon suggest in er conlsion, we pedo ke go of thereto dchormy’of “conventional” vers "expen fl etbroaraphy to fly understand the complex hstrcl einen oat of which (ey ernst anhopologicl west aor Indeed he cla text ofthat hie forkal momest™—Womos, Cubre and Soiaty 408 Toward om Anthropology of ‘omen were perceived 2 egal and grou braking, offering» moe p> gr Sin the thsoreing of anthropology a an ints, poli and clara pravec, Bur the Writing Cale rig showed tha the mark of teary, as Late gues is istely ale contol Feist sthropolopt ay hae casted the ‘heretic! day, bu bythe eandad ofthe avant el theory promoted by Wing Cate they wrote er of nation of grand theory het wanted, vencanserive, Nomar how hard hey ty, women’s works eve gute eee. ‘sical enouth {Uk ein tery critic, which had a inporeant imps he esing, redting, and writing of Ueesiue, there was alps, as Mare Stern egey fed a8 awkwardness about be conjunction of anlropology 2nd fens. The toloaedss aos from the ifcly of maining the premise ofanhopelogy ‘sae in resin oan Other a context where he feminist researcher i hese ‘Othe to patiarhy's Sel In cae of earous seen, wo American fen ‘ists Ll Ab: Lhd, locced onthe Eas Coast and Jit Stacey located on he ‘West Com, publabed ey at around the same ine with earth sme te Can There Be a Feminist ogra?” Fr Since, fly fens ethnography ‘can never be achieve, fr feminist policy cooted in sens wal eres of domination, is incompatible with the basic premise of echoogeaphy, which is char “the eseac product wlimaely that ofthe reseaches however modified ot ‘nerd by informs” Abs-Luphed was mere opin aboot te powbliy (ftom hnvgraphy grotded in the parca of women's ies and no fie Yes accepted Cif’ ascent that emit ehroplogit who Bold scalenc cecal aay experiment with form Abw-Lughod sagged that he Skeraive “women’s wadton” af ethnographic wating, whichis bh ary and opal i ascites wth the "untsined” wives of antopologit tom whom ein amheopoogis ned 10 detach themes in order toaster thi roe. sonal ac i Seacey an Ab-Lighod adds thenelve to an emerging noi of feminist ‘ography sine om Boh the anthropology of women (an effort fo une ‘tend the ves of women sto clare) and fein antropolgy (a efor 9 Uundestan the sooal and plc! raisins of women a8 the Second ee. At the ame rine, Kenly Visweswaran offered an eat dein of feminist ethog raphy 26 project bring the gxp—to which Writing Clare had 0 Bluey drawn avetin—terwecn fist comment and wextval naorlion Indeed, sine the pubiciion of Wri Calc, there hee Ben a explain of erate ‘works oni enor hase close chi gp whe yng ane —ae goed by This Bridge Called My Bich—to the rlaooships Rene worn Boo ifeteoces of rac, cls, a00 peep” Our book is situated within hi ‘eneringfemini enography nd its predicament. "Foe developer ofa ocpar of feast ethnographic wosks tht ase pox Wing Gare xd poh Seg Called My Back as ed oa new e-te -natabour wat teas tobe woaten wetingcae, Wich be ponerng work of Detoral Gordon, we now hav or Bt sophiicated and ambisous iory of the fekwardreainship benvesn fei and experimental ethnography, revesking {ine ender and gre are intewoven in antbropolog's canonical texts" Women Tang Culture tes to Sueest anawers o some priary questions: Have eho- panic auhoty andthe burden of athorhpBgued diferent in the works of tronen anthropos? Whats he altura! lopc by which auorsip coded as “Teminne” ct "mascaine” and wha aze the cossequences of chase markings? ‘Wat id of weg posable for fies amhopologits now io wrt uncon esinal puis a wora nthe eegay of unrined wif, wie weking accord Inet the conventions of te aadenyetote ker a ental conservative? ‘One of the maj conus of feminist leary etiam it aserion hat wing matters reeds for women; hat ow we plot ous a os (hn ht eer odo wit how we plot ee ito ou ies. From hi = ‘penn, some ofthe ccs of Writing Clare go to ft i hi hep how the crcl inporence of wets." As Rachel Blas DuPless pit “To come ove + wor st ego wich thee grins: What stoi an be 0? How cn Flos be resohed? Wha tobe neatly bah trary and soil conven Sone” Leary ent ater thin eng mize, can provide entanpaory ate ‘Sa fot "wring beyond the ending,” beyond the narrates of romance or ésth thet have ben, foe worea he caltrallgay fom nineteen if and lees" Ant he other ishstance at taile women who wrt. Notte "anit oftstocce decribed by Harald Bloom athe gustenseatal drama of the male tit’ Oil sayizgo powefal male trary prsursors but moe basi the ansiey of authorship el. Ineresiagy, in onde to respond Bloons fl yr Hah nlc ylune, Sandra Gite and Sasan Gabar priced 3 Fieve ome, The Madoran x he Ati in which ey suggested that women teri inthe ineeeth cncy wom he face of dep fenr—abou Beng Uiutleo crese, able to become pracusos arable to overcome th dics of eco, At "doughs ecting te eatin from er era athe” who viewed ico asin, woren tempting the pn strug insolation tha hs Tt sn, acai tht ft he nen Ya wing hi agoaphcbia wo yc neo Beaty they created a female Leary subesce that enpowered (ber worn wre, Unik the evsiniam of male wing in Bloons ait of infaens, which imagied "a duexteaing fre o be denied o ile,” women's arch foe female liercypecutor “proves by example sha revo aga pt tcl eerary authori posible.”‘en yer ater the image of las cena’ wom wer ( prvieged whe won obese) 3 “madara in the at” tetas peru epics Trstatons "Arsh let, the ies of women’ ansiety of authorship fer fame writin which co begin o engender he noon of ethnographic author, Of coun, {res ved contra between he ctraped women of sineemtvoray Wes trlieratare aod the roaming, rele women amhroplopse of th twentieth ceo- far Bareven today. afer ems awakenings, westaleto maker voces heard [puto convince cals ha ur wri a tine of increasing por, acs Inequaley, xenophobia, and waar, sll somebow mares. We eget belive ‘hat or writing noe exshon agains the madness, of wosse, for of sadness Jnl When the ey for hit vlumearved in unwiely numbers, I elshed he eof producing a ook s formidable inpezrv, awe desis of pace op the Bookshel as The Madaoman i the Ane Ou oer Madore the Esti. ‘Macy Mocs ate in ber inodstion to an anthogy of he eave wings of women ht going on journey or anaing the stranger have bee thet plat of ‘Wesers erie. Women ave wally ben those who wait, But, Mos adds, when women grow weary of wating, they can go on journeys ty san be the Seanger who canes to ome.” Yer women neta eave! iferetly, ace of the boses, ther se, eating acl and rape seeking rendom ofmavenen iy tinea the dai of mens cote.” Usindcthe only narativeradonally avaiable to women he lov ora. singe plot oie ou the ques plot as men's ores allo vn a unending, 3 ated wo by she many soi of women anthropologi ‘shoe played eto of “honorary male” inthe Bld or ave afezed he conse uence of bing improper “daughter. Anthropology, ate wale Gut plot fetod nication, by # ery marae a paradoscl mit for women. Suen Sontag ee faa dai tht bing an anthopolgi “i one of rar intl lea vcstons which do aot demand ace of ones manhous.”” Anopingy makes heroes of en, lowing, eve iting hat they explie ther ainsi, hirimeepid Homeless, hl dese "a make 2 ie ou fra ring” frie sae fences Laurent Dubs pes iin i egy ia hs vole, Bois a whie le sunt enerig the pofsion, asks hal, "Has my tory ey bo wen?” Siting eel wih the tal Quest satire inked, no inven, y anthroplegy be ieropater is own dese fo ran from hoe in sexch of hc ae lng hari sought by hs ray ber Bruce Carwin and he Yt stein as his own fran eoncloumces ake shape, co Charwi's wie, ‘ho wala ther, wating in he abate for her butband ofr Ini incon with manhood, asicopology bs abaya pres ambivalent bout the sthropelagt's ie, Bares Todo’ ety ffs snag pre ‘peste ot the xen divios of eats abor bees anchrpplogi hubands and incorporated wives: Wit Wi and passion, Tock shows how the works of es hich hate len sechad wide reading ances, wee tented oat edad ili wih antvopology. Yr sheoughout the Kisory ofthe profetion, and een in some contemporary sation, le anthopologis have depended on ‘he unpaid and ofan unteopae! Ibo of hie wie Telock eve tals of sopologit who eedopersuade his wie to havea bay inthe eld so he could ‘ean information fom her or hs exeateh! Mont iipctany Teck sugges Sat tbe image of se devalued wile looms ovr thowe women who do bests scthopologs in her own sight. Evens they seek profesional credibly, omen anhropologss contnully undermine eee own ethograpic authoiy byeeveling bic scene bout Blework and ethnograpie wing “Aiey of authorship ihe egy of om eer at ving to eco cory) le. In Search of a Women’s Literary Tradition in Anthropology Fora woman to be able ora othe easy day of antropoogy, se had hae aot room of her we bt pny of spank and money of hero, This Ws ‘uly uur of th “noqhe” of Acca anehsopolgy, Elie Clews Parsons bo leaned nor only heros esearch bur abo she ech of many ether women smbzopologina. It wat Paton wh ineofuced Ruth Benet iit nto {logy 2 the New Soa! ar Soil Research ane persed esto go fre in herd with Fane Boas at Columbia Unies. And ye dept he welt ed ‘romeace, 2 Louse Lamphere aoe in he sy in ths vlae,Paons never ‘tube pene positon within he cade. Beane she could ot tain grad we sadees heel as wot er nase bat, rate, chat of as ha ese ‘ined with che achool of ey Americenarhropeogy. Women who par the ‘guest plot ithe ea days of he profession did no cote hate to chai of ano puley; hey hd ony ee wei by which ostend or fal, And wo thet wring Sade wo haves own zurcen fees uth Bene, we lev fom Basbara Sabo’ ety in this vole, abes ecomine that ehoographie description accu a wring In ft, Benet was oe chided for wring ro well for wuiting asheopaloy 9 mach ike «po. Sbe eqn tue orerary mal reading Visi Wools Te Wasa be rote her oom Patras of Culture Ruth Bnei ad ome to asiropolon ike ule Clews Passos, ascnued wit the "New Woman” ofthe intra yars oe worn "oc yer asf, perhaps oe casiabl” Bat in becoming en atop she tacked her Finis eing it surace mally he te fen ane ‘ing yi 10 he lesbsaim ony in her obsession with the abnormal” Before she ured to anthropology «pabliser rejected ber manuterp about the “els dig caved womes of past eneration,” and Bene ever agin eure todhese fini conceas exp Iewa let Megart Met Ruth esis sede, reopen the bridge between feminim aad anthropology, bat in ws bratling with excensive asarance aboot womens polis hat west ais he iin ofhec teachers mote some vision. ‘ike Benedict ard Mend, Zora Neie Hurston and Ell Car Deloria werespss of apa Fea Yet Huston, ican Amen won a see Ne Anerson wor, were tested moe a anivenferat” hat Petes nc own rife Nex ined a academe poston ot, val sy had mock ofan past anol. Th white rs fed bet cee tin the daor cheer, et ee edi we ened he Chai eee poral x Colubia Unen eoming fall profesor ony inthe yar see i and Mead ws shed ff to he Amen Museen of Nau Hon rset out women shared bsg he omoninfniiztion sash sea? of Papa Fae) was a inpatins wih he at impenonal oe hat wa ‘Seat the non inthe shogrphi of etme, They soagt este, pet- ‘Spr psacof thinly 0 repre heseles in the asad, 0 enc 8 "amnesic with tr owo ceacely ord wring. Sint chat ins at ieayen on ed to pols ave rere in anhropcogal wing onthe oe panne have ace tarp iden with toi” og ind resntcoology tdens wrth appt) ands om cies eee jot Bisco dese wh evel ane” (seed wo rane sents a gad core ous), at Narayan nk, "Neo the two caer cmpeling res sipousanliblpermese Ashe ages ty ae png Men aber ice hyd eoogapic es" A ky conan of Sheena inhib he elton ow ene, pst and ese fily tke he teson tween eo peso wig Jn Pan pon a hr cay hi lame Deora wa acfonable hi stoning fons of Seldon a wen commended by be eon Deo as beer sha tgp aie ke whiten fore, tere ap mene arr rer fad he peopl” Unable sra tigen salen ea, Deloss woreda aac sient and informant fe otrand ter hls de aioe of pew The pan terol bie lr wa ceil for Der 8 was or ano: conteporny Nive hnstaam wie Mosesing Dove wove novels explored the prewies of Senna bal ood ndon won, Deloria el egeo ada wy ofrepeecag FShon woman's ite hed nee pieations, wre nor, Wey which SETS Site fre br eri wih sy teh thes mf ha fo led ehcp aol in, wt nese in Dl ‘Getler who all here oan och es {by undoing mused reading of Hoson's Maes ond Men, Gras nine eves ow then vols of Huron a chop, we nd ‘lunar cre ay nine yee ee of onEing oe cha ies omer the spoken word of feria oes he wren words Bet owt {Er Huon’ eure ear ome coun Baton os, wih {Eos of neon btn Marine Hgts forced ert next ‘pe rlanmanpbesee tnoprapc tony ab psoal ati. Out of fhe ett cans 9 ex abou Aenean fk a eat Was POR noes befor i sie in escting an exemplar hye tha combined engaged ‘holarhip wich anced portato Purses own intel proces Aa bel fooke ots, *An esay on Herston woul have been «valuable aon ro the toteeon Writing Clare, many waps Huron was a the ewig eg of new moreent ia etogeaphy ad anteopology shat has ony ely Been ‘ewalzed"* “The esas on Dloia and Hurston ar an inporan ist ep ro recovering te 8 yee utes bistory of miorty women who seule 0 fd tee woe i eopoogy. These ate oter equally impart perry stch adhe Meni ‘Nowizasflllorst Jovia Gontle, hore paracoeal embrace of ale power onplses our nage of einen consciosjaes" As “astveantroplo (pes wrtag at # moment when the bode beowecn self and obec was sharply ‘enarcted, Deloria and Huson, 8 wel as Gorzaler, were pt inthe positon of renting wreck the cla ols of being an inside Te legacy of hie wri ing is fess signtcace to the cen challenge so the sl ofthe “detach ‘here ano anthop ogy’ shifoward te study of orerands* oe Roth Landes anther Bossan daughteit war a6 the coup of ake hac arated eo achrooloy bt athe the nts tat ad nil bea eth coreofivneacl racic. SallyColeeveasthat Landes comsoud theo fn about tke encgraphy of ace in hes wating on Breallan sad American sc crn a8 te esablshment of profesional atheopoloyin poss univeses {Br smhopolopice to abandon the debate ox rae in favor of the ew-plied tion ofthe “sia f clare" She hel firm, oo in he ae of pres Foo fermore powerful male colleague Mele Herskovits, who etkized ber fo oss lngon te and non "Ao-Amerea cate.” Landes wrote “ast culece”— concept recently elaborated by Lia AbuLughod—loog before it was asBonble todo 0 is autheopology: arbara Mrerolf in rr, wes weer wich wide pope folowing 28 well a plone inthe eine sy of ais and of Jewish sais in anthropology. Is lya Fan emai, hd Myerotf nt ded prematurely of lng canes, se ‘igh have become the Jevth Margare Mead Mero ial work a ncso- poe was nora cext bts innovative ln, x Her Ou Te, hat ised 20- ogy ad ethnography to exes a unsnil deh the experience of he vn dun. Fri explores she conraicory ways ia which Myerhoff sane to che ‘Onodor and Labavicer Jews fr opal meaning a he final days, ating ost (Goose ofan antbropoogit in a ence of dep play” an amhropoloi faing fir own lmatatios in acieving «coherent Jewish dat. To being Mysto» tron into te canon ito undo another ecesure—ihe Jewish arenes of feeace Ubarhes teen acta eloseed pat of anbropology ice Franz Boss” Faye Hacion proline if erhograpy is fen «Kid of Fionn the ‘coven, tat Beton is oft a Kind of ebnogrphy als se. Alie Walls, Herison shows ba loog wren Seon thas diatogue with anthropology Is lke who, in wring about bee own owe search for Hurston the 29705| ered bert anropolgy, wich had est her nto oblivion, revilzng erent. fe work nora 8 Seton writer but alo at an antheopologis and a folk Tet Aware ta Hacwon'sprecatoa posi in anthropology asa mach 0 do ‘nbc beng less with her wen is reative way tat ga again he grt of ventional aneeopolgialeeporig, Walker ha chosen to ay out of academic ‘Sikepology and eo enact corpus of Sonal works that embody and expand fon antopolopal concer. Harein’sthowphfl reading of Walke's The “ple of My Faiar demons how thi text ofr a crmplement and hue ssh plabalising works of actropeogil throng a se Wols Earp lithe People witout History whic omic ender and race pespecives. Ye Har ‘Go alo wey point out hat Wale sony ne aatong any Back women and too itlaals whose work eagt oaapy a cent place in he athcopo- Topica icusin ofthe pots and pits of writing ele their esa on reading acrous snoriy dicourses Pala Ebon and Anas “ring ake on, peel the new ftoa estate by Abican American and Aan Americas wer. As they noe, itso longer soil sient! lke Margaret, Mend who are shaping US pblcundesandings of ure, race nd ity ‘ut poeliss sok as Tosi Moctson and Amy Tas. Albough the erty tin holo is often dissed a an exercise in selndlgeee, Bon ad Ting tlle as eadg of minor dnoure at way of forming aliaces aang the once oli. That reading is ube anderomes many borer silo, ‘Sowing bs epesnaionl authori ie diferent achieved by women aad men bf oie he Unted Sets, “People of colon” a thy note, nam ¢waion st vel» hpes bee in dee ow projec, which waoledin ee cone of he Los Angeles uprising and Black: Asian hosts Teh 7 ‘Working chnograpiclly wih ving writer rahe han with Kary sures, Sinadar Lins hese engages ina zeding aoe minty dacoutes. Her ey focues onthe dplacement of lngunge sent and homeland ia the Une and weiigs of border pots vig is Lire. Thee hordes poets ae cat no minoity stam becouse the Miah apd Palestias backgrounds make them exes win (he Aseuae Sfaiion ofthe main af ral. Lavie's ea ofr eel, ad secs, o Gel eas tetmeat of Jewish ety inthe work of ‘urbara Myeof. Move poignancy, Lavi eects on the way she enl 28 ‘woman of coor within the Uae em, had to choos migration othe Used Sates in ofder “eo herp bee voice," though dha, niall has meat cesng 0 vite in Hebrew, her native language. Derine Kendo east anher ind of eading cot moc dices ia her comm playwriting, sowasing the unforgetable character of Jace Lm a Aan American professor who dea of beaming the Azan Ameren dco dra Grace Jones. Seking ro wbvertdomizant conceptions of race, Kendo ss he sumed o dene becte waa space where Asian Amsriane cou Be omething ber thin moi mires. Tete ao alowed herr make he bit fromthe texmal othe performative and to cary out engaged colaboraive work. opened Aspe fre bea "bad lek aoe 2a il" tion, ar both Kondo and Narayan show canbe a eal peace fo puting ls ‘ck bth on he anropoloical subject and om ousles as wort ofthe aid cemy Fito alio aches «rood nee bce eterna well 2 dacs, Enabling anthropolaiasighs o rae fre In ou ag, when Borders att fan cloued comune pea, readeaip ino longer homogenoas, hors py shoul ot be ike "se els lounges Bein iden docs theses, tic ely ceria people, having paid tbe des, get wo wale throgh."™# For ‘inotephy to matte esl word ado eck wider range of Sena both ina Beyond th academy ‘Along with fon, «waey of cratie onfcton geoes sow exis to wideo sovkeopology's rath, Yening fo an anthropology tha wil be waite tas by tnd for othe academics, Debora Gotdon taker a lowe look at ho ae kins of Collaborate fas cua be ccd when ehaograpiczserch takes place within enmity ages. Sharing priveg, sbseig Leeac, sharing informatica — hich inoue wold power ane way fr fens reationships in potcoloia Conlon of negeliy eo bridge the gape between women inthe acaeny and ‘rowen in eine comune. Th El Bari projec ofthe Cer for Puerto Tien Studs at Hone College New York Ci oes on ol tory work 5 say to empower women to revit the srps fi Lives, Wome reaching eter Women the wing sil they nee fers a model, Gordon sugges, for expanding th foc on wring cukure beyond the pel ache ineasos ofthe indivi talento oer opening ofthe door fsahroplogcal wing to all who wish Collaborative wosk has abaye been # key par of ferns pratie, Worn ling Cate ergs om a colaboraion between nel and Deborah God nd fos or sfestonare agreement eo dgee. Wheres a6 feminist ehnogt hex pice the ascent on bow women wt cule, Goedos, 16a fens isin Ut ewtcopology, pices the ascent on bow wen are wren by care. Ose involution and sonchion ae mean 0 be season wath each ote, ilar, wwe have already set how Eon and Tag eopecher explore minority douse fom Afdan American and Avan American vipage pois. Judith Newton ad Jats Stacey, in ur oi forces to exine haw ee east ds for alps lances might each out al carl ces eating for ways oct hes= {ves within feminine “ps they hope obeing back new fein lesons, Ieming armen (and white worn) ain by adopting “arouses” cat alleges own prvoge but belt bul # poses a nora ce "Working cllacratvly in «diferent way 9 explore spor ent, Awa ‘Ong wo vews ect oe a Ain Amen buts an exgtsine Chins eck fot thg sors of nel unica Chinete women a he come ino thee own seus of ages inthe Usted Staves Atte same time, se questions the nodon ofpeed nav and notes thas Being ponone a soe Kind fides to the erfur docs nox petepox one 1 produce a plicly cree ehnography ofthe ‘ihe nde she enund har Thi Weed wore inthe Anglophone ackeic cert ar pega in comparion with wana fom this socal cuts. emi ‘Nerhnogapber seed develop a “deterred eral pace hat dele ht inequies noe onl in tha othe lace" Baas in ox’ “own” comma Tobe le oftvo pregnancy ila Ab-Laphod ote a zen example af how 0 ritalin trap ekg bck nd fo becwee her ows ekolopcl pense of pegnancy and she experiences of her Bedouin and Byrn fends. [Reo Lughod' fous om ber impending mthesod also bea a taboo. The fist everson of eis anthopologis, who viewed motherhood a one ofthe en- ft insietone eae kee women fo ating power in the public sper, never ‘wot about hai owe coaicsbeeweea reproduction aed amthropology. In he at {sade as emia hat come under inereasing stack ad abortion sighs have bees lle, otberhood bas become «publ gol for women. Anil ae comin “ly apgeieiog nthe maasteam press about women who endanger Fes of fee having chosen ster over motherhood” Femi ethnographer this ‘ouicy ae ot imme thee cll pressure, and AbwLoghod is Erave co spetkof them, opening apace for others to tel shi tari. Abr Lughod hee fer equally aerable othe presses of her Redon and Exyian ends who ped her cileenee Elen Levin's easy offers counterpoint dese concen. Wih verve and in- sith, Levi eects onthe hererosexulasompion that under atbropology, ich unl cently has seemed no 0 require explanation or thebing Indeed, ahroplogy doe haves sex, at I sagged cates, being Villy syponynous tis noon. Yer dong lsbian ehoogrphy leds Lewis ote cancun that ideny vay ni smong ein, acl ae profaonl and ober markers ‘lesbinu oetr only ean. Lewi's dese to el dete with her lesbian subjects baehres among dose women who, uke he, have chosen to become ters wou husbands By focmsing on dferences among lesbians, Lewin ads ‘mn unusu!Iel of complet tour undertaning ofthe dlemmas of working ‘ethaographicily 00 ones “own culture.” at ‘The a ony ofthe esas hs bok allow the cater end in Amicon snthropoogy of fnssng on wring clue et, a the Unie Sates whee we ‘make ou living at athropetopasf ee academy Out ala ulate bs bees ‘nice she pose a pi of feminit ehaopaphy a «way of reining {etzopoogy's puro i ulclral Ameria. One Lmao ath appeoac ‘tat could ot be more ieaaonal i is focus Yr by wockng in those spaces we think of 5 "hom" whch in ura ae coscu by mull inereting pses of wdenicron and ditlerence, out book makes a important theoresa ‘Sonibution: w ove a om he Wee” ver the “Rest” and dhe *Sl" vee sus “Other” dichotomies thar unr informed Wiig Care a lean ental othe gust nartave of anthopolagy. Even whiteness, st Kin Naayan a shows in ber ons ota mono deney but is ayered with hades ofr ‘eethac ae the bosses betoeen ide” an "ose." Av Anna Tig 000%, “SPantipancobervaton bins a home—and not only because we ace suing “esl pr of very "ober 0." Td ar ee in esa "Weng in My Fatber's Name” hao eng wich he mane peofoundpreonets Thad ever faced at an anthropologist when Trougitsmuls irom home at ry ethnography, Tralsted Woman. We pined fee vodacove tht ad lensed ry pureas by weting abou hem in ways cy ond during Anguited about my “wickedes"Iretmned to Meco, hoping {ob inlet by giving the book I had wrsen about hes tomy comade spe Toon, Ba here wos no edengtins my comadre ode dedi ot want 0 Keep re she wold never be able ead "Wing has Beau wring hur, Kiso Narayans Cary white woman onthe ute to ida here low in Inia ahendeaing creation ofthe emis aateopoos al magiaton Fr Chasity ences the zmaace of being loved, even adored, for fer wring, Her anthropslgicl ascot ofan Indian vgs eed pasion, oonumed fou had to te, 94 male anhropologs, about whom hasty only owe ha ei "Webecon” The eters rom hearing reader il be with ope ead oti, 8 she faces the fat that she no longer he confident ada ftelnt wring the exemplary die, but a marptal peson i he aad, vee to manta reasons rpm realty by summoning op he mods of thon hove in the ents of Ragile-Seown and Malinowski and Whang Cure three once died with ich devotion. 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