A radical anthropologist : the trials and triumphs of Kathleen Gough / by Sandra Lindemann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lindemann, Sandra, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women anthropologists--Biography.

Women anthropologists.

Marxist anthropology--Biography.

Marxist anthropology.

Imperialism.

Gough, Kathleen, 1925-1990.

Gough, Kathleen.

Physical Description:

217 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Monthly Review Press, [2026]

Summary:

"Anthropology is a child of Western imperialism," asserted the Marxist anthropologist Kathleen Gough in 1968, during an intense period of anti-colonial struggle in Asia and Africa. Since then, this assertion, now largely taken for granted within the discipline, has become more well-known than the intellectual who articulated it. A Radical Anthropologist: The Trials and Triumphs of Kathleen Gough tells the story of a scholar who, like many of her female peers, has been largely overlooked by history in spite of her striking contributions to her field. In her day, in the face of rampant sexism, she was an internationally renowned intellectual and political activist, publishing some seventy articles and ten books.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

168590131X

9781685901318

1685901301

9781685901301

OCLC:

1524059510

Publisher Number:

90103984857