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Women Writing Culture
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'''''Women Writing Culture''''' is a 23-chapter edited volume on the role of women in anthropology, the practice of ethnographic writing, [[feminist anthropology]], and the gender and racial politics of the canon of recognized works in anthropology. It was published in 1995 and edited by [[Ruth Behar]] and Deborah Gordon. Contributors the book include the following prominent female anthropologists: [[Louise Lamphere]], [[Faye Harrison]], [[Lila Abu-Lughod]], [[Catherine Lutz]], [[Kirin Narayan]], [[Aihwa Ong]], and [[Anna Tsing]], as well as Behar and Gordon. Written as part of anthropology's "literary turn," ''Women Writing Culture'' highlights the longstanding involvement of female ethnographers in self-reflective, experimental, collaborative and literary forms of anthropological writing, and proposes "the creation of a feminist canon" in anthropology.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Essays within the book highlight the work of ethnographic work of [[Elsie Clews Parsons]], [[Ruth Benedict]], [[Margaret Mead]], [[Ella Cara Deloria|Ella Deloria]], and [[Zora Neale Hurston]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Behar call this a "women's literary tradition within anthropology."<ref></ref> ''Women Writing Culture'' has been cited as an example of how "feminist concern with the production and representation of knowledge provides an especially appropriate platform from which to question conventional styles of writing and representing."<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
The authors of ''Women Writing Culture'' criticized a masculinized approach in anthropological scholarship, the exclusion of women from academia and the silencing of their authorial voices. It brought a feminist perspective to anthropological theory, teaching of the history of the discipline, and the practice of ethnographic observation and writing.<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> The book also incorporated critiques within feminism to address the marginalization and oppression of women of color and lesbians.<ref name=":0"> The project emerged as a counterpoint to ''Writing Culture'', a 1986 anthology that was a key text in the literary turn.
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The authors of ''Women Writing Culture'' criticized a masculinized approach in anthropological scholarship, the exclusion of women from academia and the silencing of their authorial voices. It brought a feminist perspective to anthropological theory, teaching of the history of the discipline, and the practice of ethnographic observation and writing.<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> The book also incorporated critiques within feminism to address the marginalization and oppression of women of color and lesbians.<ref name=":0"> The project emerged as a counterpoint to ''Writing Culture'', a 1986 anthology that was a key text in the literary turn.
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