Mapping feminist anthropology in the twenty-first century / edited by Ellen Lewin and Leni M. Silverstein.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : Anthropologies and Feminisms: Mapping Our Intellectual Journey / Leni M. Silverstein and Ellen Lewin -- Feminist Anthropology Engages Social Movements : Theory, Ethnography and Activism / Louise Lamphere -- Feminist Linguistics and Linguistic Feminisms / Elise Kramer -- The Curious Relationship of Feminist Anthropology and Women's Studies / A. Lynn Bolles -- When Nature/Culture Implodes : Feminist Anthropology and Biotechnology / Elizabeth F.S. Roberts -- Conceptions of Contraceptions : Feminist Anthropological Perspectives on Men, Women, and Reproductive Health in Two Kiche Maya Communities / Matthew R. Dudgeon -- The Body and Embodiment in the History of Feminist Anthropology : An Idiosyncratic Excursion through Binaries / Frances E. Mascia-Lees -- Discipline and Desire : Feminist Politics, Queer Studies, and New Queer Anthropology / Margot Weiss -- A Greater Measure of Justice : Gender, Violence, and Reparations / Kimberly Theidon -- Cooking with Firewood : Deep Meaning and Environmental Materialities in a Globalized World / Meena Khandelwal -- Feminist Anthropology : Approaching Domestic Violence in Northern Viet Nam / Lynn Kwiatkowski -- Studying Gender and Neoliberalism Transnationally : Implications for Theory and Action / Catherine Kingfisher -- Epilogue / Tom Boellstorff.

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Mapping Feminist Anthropology in the Twenty-First Century provides an historical and theoretical overview of feminist anthropology's origins, the transformation it has undergone, and the vital contributions it continues to make to cutting-edge scholarship. Chronicling the impact feminist anthropologists have made on a wide range of academic fields, from science and technology studies to queer theory, it also reveals the important role they have played in global campaigns against human rights abuses, domestic violence, and environmental degradation.

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