Irma Mcclaurin

Black Feminist Anthropology: Theory, Politics, Praxis, and Poetics Irma Mcclaurin

Marc Notes: Bibl. ref. & index; Contributors disclose how their experiences as black women have influenced their anthropological practice in Africa, the Caribbean & the US, and how anthropology has influenced their development as black feminists; Cloth @ $55.00. Publisher Marketing: In the discipline's carly days, anthropologists were assumed to be while and male. Women and black scholars were relegated to the field's periphery. White feminlst anthropologists have successfully carved out an intellectual space identified as feminist anthropology. Unfortunately, the works of black and non-Western feminist anthropologists are rarcly cited, and they have yet to be respected as significant shapers of the direction and transformation of feminist anthropology. Inna McClaurin has collected essays that explore the contributions of black feminist anthropologists. Contributors disclose how their experiences as black women have influenced their anthropological practice in Africa, the Caribbcan, and the United States, and how anthropology has influenced their development as black feminists. Each essay suggests how the author's field experiences have affected the theoretical and methodological choices she has made. Review Citations:

Multicultural Review 03/01/2002 pg. 94 (EAN 9780813529264, Paperback)

Choice 04/01/2002 pg. 1463 (EAN 9780813529264, Paperback)

Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2002 pg. 60 (EAN 9780813529264, Paperback)

Multicultural Review 03/01/2002 pg. 94 (EAN 9780813529257, Hardcover)

Choice 04/01/2002 pg. 1463 (EAN 9780813529257, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Cole, Johnnetta Betsch Cole graduated from Oberlin College and later earned an M. A. and Ph. D. in Anthropology from Northwestern University. She is the president of Spelman.