Subject of Anthropology Gender, Symbolism and Psychoanalysis

Name: Subject of Anthropology Gender, Symbolism and Psychoanalysis
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ISBN: 9780745608099

ISBN-10: 0745608094

ISBN-13: 9780745608099

Edition: 2007

Authors: Henrietta L. Moore, Henrietta Moore

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In this ambitious new book, Henrietta Moore draws on anthropology, feminism and psychoanalysis to develop an original and provocative theory of gender and of how we become sexed beings. Arguing that the Oedipus complex is no longer the fulcrum of debate between anthropology and psychoanalysis, she demonstrates how recent theorising on subjectivity, agency and culture has opened up new possibilities for rethinking the relationship between gender, sexuality and symbolism. Using detailed ethnographic material from Africa and Melanesia to explore the strengths and weaknesses of a range of theories in anthropology, feminism and psychoanalysis, Moore advocates an ethics of engagement based on a…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Polity Press
Publication date: 3/12/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Acknowledgements



Body, Mind and World



A Genealogy of the Anthropological Subject



Culture, Power and Desire



Objects and Relations with (M)others



The Problem of the Phallus



Being and Having



Kinship and Sexuality



Mothers and Men



Social Transformations


Notes


References


Index