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Chapter 6 “Trading is a White Mans Game” The Politics of Appropriation: The Lessons from Navajo Women’s Weaving
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Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents vii
- Illustrations ix
- Acknowledgments xi
- The Work and Politics of Feminist Ethnography: An Introduction 1
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Fields of Difference and Unity
- Difference, Indifference and Making a Difference: Reflexivity in the Time of Cholera 17
- Feminism from Afar or To China and Home Again 37
- From Women s Point of View: Practising Feminist Anthropology In a World of Differences 53
- Thank You, Breasts! Breast Feeding as a Feminist Issue 75
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Explorations of Gendered Work
- “Trading is a White Mans Game” The Politics of Appropriation: The Lessons from Navajo Women’s Weaving 97
- “A Little Free Time on Sunday” Women and Domestic Commodity Production 119
- “Working at Home is Easy for Her“ Industrial Homework in Contemporary Ontario 139
- “I Know Now that You Can Change Things“ Narratives of Canadian Bank Workers as Union Activists 157
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Experiments in Ethnography
- Taming the Shrew in Anthropology: Is Feminist Ethnography “New” Ethnography? 185
- Engendering the Mask Three Voices 207
- New Voices on Fieldwork 233
- Conversation between Cultures Outrageous Voices? Issues of Voice and Text in Feminist Anthropology 245
- Reading the ‘Montreal Massacre’:Idiosyncratic Insanity or The Misreading of Cultural Cues? 259
- By Way of Conclusion 279
- Resource Bibliography 287
- Some Questions for Study and Discussion 294
- Notes on Contributors 296
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents vii
- Illustrations ix
- Acknowledgments xi
- The Work and Politics of Feminist Ethnography: An Introduction 1
-
Fields of Difference and Unity
- Difference, Indifference and Making a Difference: Reflexivity in the Time of Cholera 17
- Feminism from Afar or To China and Home Again 37
- From Women s Point of View: Practising Feminist Anthropology In a World of Differences 53
- Thank You, Breasts! Breast Feeding as a Feminist Issue 75
-
Explorations of Gendered Work
- “Trading is a White Mans Game” The Politics of Appropriation: The Lessons from Navajo Women’s Weaving 97
- “A Little Free Time on Sunday” Women and Domestic Commodity Production 119
- “Working at Home is Easy for Her“ Industrial Homework in Contemporary Ontario 139
- “I Know Now that You Can Change Things“ Narratives of Canadian Bank Workers as Union Activists 157
-
Experiments in Ethnography
- Taming the Shrew in Anthropology: Is Feminist Ethnography “New” Ethnography? 185
- Engendering the Mask Three Voices 207
- New Voices on Fieldwork 233
- Conversation between Cultures Outrageous Voices? Issues of Voice and Text in Feminist Anthropology 245
- Reading the ‘Montreal Massacre’:Idiosyncratic Insanity or The Misreading of Cultural Cues? 259
- By Way of Conclusion 279
- Resource Bibliography 287
- Some Questions for Study and Discussion 294
- Notes on Contributors 296