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This paper compares four anthropologists and their views of feminism in the field of anthropology. The paper comes to a conclusion based on works that these four scientists wrote. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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IT WILL BE INCORPORATED. YOU WILL ALSO NOTICE IN THE BIBLIOGRAPHY THAT SOME INFORMATION IS LACKING, SUCH AS DATES AND PUBLISHING HOUSES. AGAIN, I COULD NOT FIND THIS INFORMATION.
LACK OF FEMINISM IN ANTHROPOLOGY Research Compiled by 03/2002 Please Introduction
For years and years, the field of anthropology was considered a male-dominated one. It made sense at the time, as within the
field, most cultures and societies were considered to be male-dominated. For the most part, writings rarely addressed either female roles in societies (other than to indicate that they were subservient)
or even female roles in the formation of anthropology. In this particular paper, we will compare some theories of four anthropologists, Sherry
Ortner, Michel Foucault, Marvin Harris and Clifford Geertz (through the writing of William Roseberry) and determine exactly how feminism is viewed in anthropology. The main contention in this paper is
that there is little to discuss in terms of anthropology and feminism, primarily because the majority of cultures studied and assessed are male-dominated, and studied by men. Docile bodies
- male or female? For the most part, Michel Foucault, in his thesis "Discipline and Punishment," seems to regard feminism in anthropology
as non-existent as he discusses the development of the solider and how the "manly" solider was then used to help launch the prison system and the art of warfare (Foucault,
1991). In short, Foucalts essay is one in which men are manly and women non-existent. Or is it? One could make an
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