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Women in anthropology : autobiographical narratives and social history /

Women in anthropology : autobiographical narratives and social history / edited by Maria G. Cattell and Marjorie M. Schweitzer. - Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, c2006. - 259 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Voices of women anthropologists: autobiography, social history, and anthropology / Maria G. Cattell -- Gender roles in sociocultural and historical context / Marjorie M. Schweitzer -- Sect. 1 : Possessed by anthropology : Possessed by anthropology / Judy Rosenthal. Sect. 2 : Changing roles, challenging stereotypes: women's roles in twentieth-century America : From academe to county politics : anthropologist as activist / Eunice Felter Boyer -- An anthropological odyssey : a midlife beginning / Marilyn Preheim Rose -- Born an anthropologist: from a housewife with hobbies to an anthropologist with a passion / Cath Oberholtzer -- Changing roles, challenging irrelevance: my story as a reentry woman / Dorothy M. Castille. Sect. 3 : The Web of lives : family involvements, career interactions: On becoming an anthropologist / Louana M. Lackey -- Family involvements: earning a PhD while raising children / Molly G. Schuchat -- Career constraints and enhancements: marriage, family, and age / Ellen C. Rhoads Holmes -- The "A-G-E" effects on my midlife career in anthropology / Esther Skirboll. Sect. 4 : Being the other: encounters with difference : A Late Bloomer's struggles with discrimination / Ruby Rohrlich -- My life hangs by this question: what is a human being? / Elizabeth (Teddy) Dressel Hoobler -- Not my color, not my kind: lessons in race, class, age, and gender in the academy / M. Jean Harris -- Understanding my life: the dialectics of marketing and anthropology / Barbara Olsen. Sect. 5 : Being an anthropologist, living anthropological lives : From prehistory to culture history: my anthropological journey / Marjorie M. Schweitzer -- In pursuit of the word: my anthropological life / Maria Gleaton Cattell -- A lens, a book, and a compass : my anthropological life tour / Jacqueline Walden. Sect. 6 : Legacies for future generations : A time for excellence, a legacy for the future / Jane Stevenson Day -- Lessons for today / Marjorie M. Schweitzer.

1598740822 (hardback : alk. paper) 1598740830 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2006013216


Women anthropologists--Biography.

GN20 / .W634 2006

301.092/2 B

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