A Passion for Difference: Essays in Anthropology and Gender

In this new book Henrietta Moore examines the limitations of the theoretical languages used by anthropologists and others to write about sex, gender, and sexuality. Moore begins by discussing recent feminist debates on the body and the notion of the non-universal human subject. She then considers why anthropologists have contributed relatively little to these debates, suggesting that this reflects the history of anthropology's conceptualization of ""persons"" or ""selves"" cross-culturally. The author also pursues a series of related themes, including the links between gender, identity, and violence; the construction of domestic space and its relationship to bodily practices and the internalization of relations of difference; and the links between the gender of the anthropologist and the writing of anthropology. By developing a specific anthropological approach to feminist post-structuralist and psychoanalytic theory, Moore demonstrates anthropology's contribution to current debates in feminist theory.

Politics & Social Sciences

Moore, Henrietta L.

Anthropology

Indiana University Press

"This courageous book brings recent feminist theory into dialogue with current issues in social and cultural anthropology." —Emily MartinHenrietta Moore, author of ÂFeminism and Anthropology, examines the limitations of how anthropologists and others write about sex, gender, and sexuality, and she considers anthropologists’ few contributions to feminist debates on the body and the non-universal human subject.

This second edition of the widely praised Anthropology in Theory: Issues in Epistemology, features a variety of updates, revisions, and new readings in its comprehensive presentation of issues in the history of anthropological theory and epistemology over the past century. 
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<li>Provides a comprehensive selection of 60 readings and an insightful overview of the evolution of anthropological theory</li> <li>Revised and updated to reflect an on-going strength and diversity of the discipline in recent years, with new readings pointing to innovative directions in the development of anthropological research</li> <li>Identifies crucial concepts that reflect the practice of engaging with theory, particular ways of thinking, analyzing and reflecting that are unique to anthropology</li> <li>Includes excerpts of seminal anthropological works, key classic and contemporary debates in the discipline, and cutting-edge new theorizing</li> <li>Reveals broader debates in the social sciences, including the relationship between society and culture; language and cultural meanings; structure and agency; identities and technologies; subjectivities and trans-locality; and meta-theory, ontology and epistemology</li> </ul>

Anthropology in Theory: Issues in Epistemology

Philosophy

Wiley/Blackwell

The 57 articles collected in this volume---together with the editors’ introduction---provide an overview of the key debates in anthropological theory over the past century. 
<ul> <li>Provides the most comprehensive selection of readings and insightful overview of anthropological theory available 
</li> <li>Identifies crucial conceptual signposts and new theoretical directions for the discipline 
</li> <li>Discusses broader debates in the social sciences: debates about society and culture; structure and agency; identities and technologies; subjectivities and translocality; and meta-theory, ontology and epistemology</li> </ul>

Sanders, Todd

Feminism and Anthropology (Feminist Perspectives)

Social Sciences

Polity

The Subject of Anthropology: Gender, Symbolism and Psychoanalysis

In this ambitious new book, Henrietta Moore draws on anthropology, feminism and psychoanalysis to develop an original and provocative theory of gender and of how we become sexed beings. Arguing that the Oedipus complex is no longer the fulcrum of debate between anthropology and psychoanalysis, she demonstrates how recent theorizing on subjectivity, agency and culture has opened up new possibilities for rethinking the relationship between gender, sexuality and symbolism.   Using detailed ethnographic material from Africa and Melanesia to explore the strengths and weaknesses of a range of theories in anthropology, feminism and psychoanalysis, Moore advocates an ethics of engagement based on a detailed understanding of the differences and similarities in the ways in which local communities and western scholars have imaginatively deployed the power of sexual difference. She demonstrates the importance of ethnographic listening, of focused attention to people's imaginations, and of how this illuminates different facets of complex theoretical issues and human conundrums.   Written not just for professional scholars and for students but for anyone with a serious interest in how gender and sexuality are conceptualized and experienced, this book is the most powerful and persuasive assessment to date of what anthropology has to contribute to these debates now and in the future.

This new book draws on anthropology, feminism and psychoanalysis to develop an original and provocative theory of gender and of how we become sexed beings. Written not just for professional scholars and for students but for anyone with a serious interest in how gender and sexuality are conceptualised, experienced and imagined.

Anthropological Theory Today

This important book makes a bold statement about the nature and value of anthropological theory at the beginning of the 21st century.

Still Life: Hopes, Desires and Satisfactions

How adequate are our theories of globalisation for analysing the worlds we share with others? In this provocative new book, Henrietta Moore asks us to step back and re-examine in a fresh way the interconnections normally labeled 'globalisation'. 
Rather than beginning with abstract processes and flows, Moore starts by analyzing the hopes, desires and satisfactions of individuals in their day-to-day lives. Drawing on a wide range of examples, from African initiation rituals to Japanese anime, from sex in virtual worlds to Schubert songs, Moore develops a theory of the ethical imagination, exploring how ideas about the human subject, and its capacities for self-making and social transformation, form a basis for reconceptualizing the role and significance of culture in a global age. She shows how the ideas of social analysts and ordinary people intertwine and diverge, and argues for an ethics of engagement based on an understanding of the human need to engage with cultural problems and seek social change. This innovative and challenging book is essential reading for anyone interested in the key debates about culture and globalization in the contemporary world.

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A Passion for Difference: Essays in Anthropology and Gender

A Passion for Difference: Essays in Anthropology and Gender

Anthropology in Theory: Issues in Epistemology

Anthropology in Theory: Issues in Epistemology

Feminism and Anthropology (Feminist Perspectives)

The Subject of Anthropology: Gender, Symbolism and Psychoanalysis

The Subject of Anthropology: Gender, Symbolism and Psychoanalysis

A Passion for Difference: Essays in Anthropology and Gender

Anthropological Theory Today

Still Life: Hopes, Desires and Satisfactions