Traversing Lines of Control: Feminist Anthropology Today

Ravina Aggarwal
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Ravina Aggarwal: Smith College

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2000, vol. 571, issue 1, 14-29

Abstract: Feminist anthropology has been a forerunner in debates about power differentials between those observing and those being observed. This article explores how theoretical interventions made by third-wave feminists have led to revisions of the canon, particularly in the understandings of methodology (fieldwork), subject matter (culture), and ethnographic writing. It also highlights some of the problems of placing gender at the center of experience, over differences based on race, class, or sexual orientation. While some feminists have pointed to the impossibility of an ethical feminist anthropology, others have suggested that interdisciplinary ideas and linkages outside academia can lead to greater participation in public policymaking and social struggles that affect the lives of women being studied.

Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.1177/000271620057100102

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