Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Women
About the Book Series
The University of Oxford's Centre for Cross-Cultural Research on Women has a long and distinguished record of research and publications. Its volumes take up a wide range of current debates using comparative data and analysis of both past and contemporary experiences of women. Attention is given to practical, developmental issues as well as to analyses of the cultural systems and ideologies that further or constrain them. The series provides fresh perspectives on central themes and raises new questions in the context of a plurality of cultures.
Bilingual Women: Anthropological Approaches to Second Language Use
1st Edition
Edited
By Shirley Ardener, Pauline Burton, Ketaki Kushari Dyson
March 10, 1994
This book studies women's language use in bilingual or multi-lingual cultural situations. The authors - social anthropologists, language teachers, and interpreters cover a wide variety of geographical and linguistic situations, from the death of Gaelic in the Outer Hebrides, to the use of Spanish ...
Muslim Women's Choices: Religious Belief and Social Reality
1st Edition
Edited
By Camillia Fawzi El-Solh, Judy Mabro
February 17, 1994
This volume counters the prevailing Western views and stereotypes of Muslim women - usually projected through male interpretations - by presenting a cross-cultural perspective of their experiences and choices in contemporary Muslim communities. The main theme running through these papers is the ...
Women and Missions: Past and Present: Anthropological and Historical Perceptions
1st Edition
Edited
By Shirley Ardener, Fiona Bowie, Deborah Kirkwood
January 06, 1994
This collection of essays by eminent anthropologists, missiologists and historians explores the hitherto neglected topic of women missionaries and the effect of Christian missionary activity upon women. The book consists of two parts. The first part looks at 19th century women missionaries as ...
Women and Space: Ground Rules and Social Maps
1st Edition
Edited
By Shirley Ardener
April 22, 1993
Second, Revised EditionThe relationship between women and space has now been recognized as an important issue for feminist discussion. Developments in psychology and geography have encouraged the use of `social maps' to explore the way in which space is perceived. This book presents fascinating ...
Carved Flesh / Cast Selves: Gendered Symbols and Social Practices
1st Edition
Edited
By Tone Bleie, Vigdis Broch-Due, I. Rudie
January 06, 1993
Carved Flesh / Cast Selves...
Anthropology of Breast-Feeding: Natural Law or Social Construct
1st Edition
Edited
By Vanessa Maher
May 01, 1992
On the whole, the debates surrounding the issues of breast-feeding - often reflecting ethnographic and ill-informed medical and demographic approaches - have failed to treat the deeper issues. The significance of breast-feeding reaches far beyond its biological function; in fact, the authors of ...
Persons and Powers of Women in Diverse Cultures
1st Edition
Edited
By Shirley Ardener
May 01, 1992
This volume presents important essays inspired by the pioneering works of three leading women anthropologists. The title may therefore be read in more than one way. The three biographical essays in this volume as well as the comprehensive bibliographies of these anthropologists' works fully confirm...