ABSTRACT
Women in academia have struggled for centuries to establish levels of acceptance and credibility equal to men in the same fields, and anthropology has been no different. The women anthropologists in this book speak frankly about their challenges and successes as they navigated through their personal and professional lives. Riding the changing tides of social and disciplinary history, they struggled through various and sometimes conflicting arenas of life—marriage, raising children, caring for families, publishing, conducting research, going into the field, teaching, and mentoring. They did this during volatile periods in the twentieth century when the roles and expectations for women were being constantly reestablished and repositioned. For anyone interested in the cultural and demographic shifts that are fundamentally altering opportunities for women in the workplace, Women in Anthropology is a thought provoking and inspirational read. For anthropologists, it is an important and intimate portrait of the realities of professional life.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
Section 1. Possessed by Anthropology
chapter |16 pages
Possessed by Anthropology ~ Judy Rosenthal
part |2 pages
Section 2. Changing Roles, Challenging Stereotypes: Women's Roles in Twentieth-Century America
part |2 pages
Section 3. The Web of Lives: Family Involvements, Career Interactions
chapter |4 pages
On Becoming an Anthropologist
chapter |10 pages
Family Involvements: Earning a PhD while Raising Children
chapter |12 pages
Career Constraints and Enhancements: Marriage, Family, and Age
chapter |8 pages
The "A-G-E" Effects on My Midlife Career in Anthropology
part |2 pages
Section 4. Being the Other: Encounters with Difference
chapter |6 pages
A Late Bloomer's Struggles with Discrimination
chapter |10 pages
My Life Hangs by This Question: What Is a Human Being?
chapter |10 pages
Understanding My Life: The Dialectics of Marketing and Anthropology
part |2 pages
Section 5. Being an Anthropologist, Living Anthropological Lives
chapter |14 pages
From Prehistory to Culture History: My Anthropological Journey
chapter |16 pages
In Pursuit of The Word: My Anthropological Life
chapter |12 pages
A Lens, a Book, and a Compass: My Anthropological Life Tour
part |2 pages
Section 6. Legacies for Future Generations