Women in the Field : Anthropological Experiences / Peggy Golde; ed. by Peggy Golde.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Golde, Peggy, Author.

Contributor:

Golde, Peggy, Editor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (408 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [1996]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

What is it like to be an anthropologist or, more specifically, a woman anthropologist? Here we see highly trained and qualified women anthropologists examining their own efforts to live and work in alien cultures in many parts of the world. New chapters have been added to this ground-breaking volume, and each contributor is, in one way or another, a pioneer. All have chosen to devote their lives and energies to the understanding of worlds not their own. All have felt it important to explain what they do, why they do it, and how they feel about their work. Cultures vary widely in their perception of a woman engaged in anthropological field work. Each of these women has had to deal with the influence of her gender, as well as the subject of her study, on the mechanics of establishing a living-working relationship with people of another culture. The diversity of their responses to the presence of a foreign woman at work in their midst gives the book an invaluable cross-cultural perspective, as does the great variety of reactions and strategies on the part of the authors themselves. Besides providing rare insight into field work in general, Women in the Field mirrors the difficulties and delights of any person thrust into an unfamiliar culture.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface to the Second Edition

Introduction

Kapluna Daughter

Exploring American Indian Communities in Depth

Odyssey of Encounter

From Anguish to Exultation

A Woman Anthropologist in Brazil

Field Work in Rwanda, 1959-1960

In a World of Women: Field Work in a Yoruba Community

Field Work in a Greek Village

Studies in an Indian Town

On Ambivalence and the Field

Field Work in Five Cultures

Field Work in the Pacific Islands, 1925-1967

Wife, Widow, Woman: Roles of an Anthropologist in a Transylvanian Village

The Return of Redwoman: Field Work in Highland New Guinea

Selected Bibliography

Supplemental Selected Bibliography

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Jan 2024)

ISBN:

0-520-35244-0

OCLC:

1419789686