Women in academia have struggled for centuries to establish levels of acceptance and credibility equal to men in the same fields, and anthropology has been no different. The women anthropologists in this book speak frankly about their challenges and successes as they navigated t…
The women anthropologists in this book speak frankly about their challenges and successes as they navigated the tensions in their personal and professional lives-- marriage, raising children, caring for families, publishing, conducting research, going into the field, teaching, a…
Women in academia have struggled for centuries to establish levels of acceptance and credibility equal to men in the same fields, and anthropology has been no different. The women anthropologists in this book speak frankly about their challenges and successes as they navigated t…
They had no intellectual maps, many had no mentors, and quite a few had no help on that "second shift" of keeping a family together and relatively well-fed and clean. Some of them went back to school, some of them never left, but all of them were looked upon as odd creatures who…
The women anthropologists in this book speak frankly about their challenges and successes as they navigated the tensions in their personal and professional lives-- marriage, raising children, caring for families, publishing, conducting research, going into the field, teaching, a…
This title is a survey of the life, work, ideas and impact of some of the most influential anthropologists, from 'classic' thinkers through to figures working now. The entries, written by an international range of expert contributors, represent the diversity of thought within th…
A survey of the life, work, ideas and impact of some of the most influential anthropologists, from 'classic' thinkers through to figures working now.