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Feminist anthropology is a four-field approach to anthropology (archeological, biological, cultural, linguistic) that seeks to transform research findings ...
Anthropologist, professor of gender studies 1982-06-23 Gayle J. Fritz: American paleoethnobotanist Gayle Rubin: American cultural anthropologist, activist, and feminist 1949 Gene Weltfish: American anthropologist and historian 1902-08-07 1980-08-02 Genevieve Bell: Australian anthropologist Georgina Born: Musician, academic, anthropologist 1955 ...
Feminist anthropology is an integrative approach to anthropology, combining the fields of biology, culture, linguistics and archaeology.The discipline originated in the 1970s and developed from two earlier phases: the anthropology of women and the anthropology of gender. [1]
Gayle S. Rubin (born January 1, 1949) is an American cultural anthropologist, theorist and activist, best known for her pioneering work in feminist theory and queer studies. Her essay "The Traffic in Women" (1975) had a lasting influence in second-wave feminism and early gender studies , by arguing that gender oppression could not be adequately ...
Bolles is credited as a path maker in Black feminist anthropology with theories focused on care [5] and for paving the way for the Cite Black Women movement founded by Christen A. Smith. [6] Prior to teaching at the University of Maryland, Bolles was a professor of sociology and anthropology and the director of African-American studies at ...
Feminist scholar, author; women's movement, lesbian culture, and women's music historian: 1940–1999: Laura Mulvey: United Kingdom: 1941 – 1940–1999: Sally Rowena Munt: United Kingdom: 1960 – Feminist academic and lesbian theorist, author of Heroic Desire: Lesbian Identity and Cultural Space (1998) 1940–1999: Jenni Murray: United ...
She first worked as a fellow at the Center for Advanced Feminist Studies at the University of Minnesota from 1989 to 1990. She was then appointed assistant and later associate professor of anthropology at Arizona State University from 1990 to 1998. She became director of studies on women, gender, and sexuality at Harvard University in 2001. [2]
On the heels of the 1960s feminist movement, this book challenged anthropology's status quo of viewing studied cultures from a male perspective while diminishing female perspectives, even considering women as comparatively imperceptible. It is considered to be a pioneering work.