Feminist Anthropology surveys the history of feminist anthropology and offers students and scholars a fascinating collection of both classic and contemporary articles, grouped to highlight key themes from the past and present. Offers vibrant examples of feminist ethnographic work rather than synthetic overviews of the field. Each section is framed by a theoretical and bibliographic essay. Includes a thoughtful introduction to the volume that provides context and discusses the intellectual “foremothers” of the field, including Margaret Mead, Ruth Landes, Phyllis Kaberry, and Zora Neale Hurston.

Product Description: A companion volume to "Out in the Field", a benchmark examination of lesbian and gay experiences in anthropology, "Out in Theory" presents lesbian and gay anthropology as a distinct specialization and addresses the theoretical issues that define the emerging field...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: In April 1993, as part of the March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation, hundreds of couples participated in "the Wedding," a symbolic commitment ceremony held in front of the Internal Revenue Service building...read more

Explores the ways that women develop their identities as lesbians, in a collection of essays that examines a wide range of expressions that bind different lesbian communities together, from dance club culture to lesbian wedding ceremonies (view table of contents)

Product Description: Within a society that long considered "lesbian motherhood" a contradiction in terms, what are the experiences of lesbian mothers today? In this illuminating book, lesbian mothers tell their stories in their own words--how they became mothers; how they see their relationships with their children, relatives, lovers and friends; and how they deal with threats to custody...read more