Significant others : interpersonal and professional commitments in anthropology /
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| Imprint: | Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, ©2004. |
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| Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 297 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | History of anthropology ; v. 10 History of anthropology ; v. 10. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11284346 |
| Summary: | Anthropology is by definition about "others," but in this volume the phrase refers not to members of observed cultures, but to "significant others"--spouses, lovers, and others with whom anthropologists have deep relationships that are both personal and professional. The essays in this volume look at the roles of these spouses and partners of anthropologists over the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, especially their work as they accompanied the anthropologists in the field. Other relationships discussed include those between anthropologists and informants, mentors and students, cohorts and partners, and parents and children. The book closes with a look at gender roles in the field, demonstrated by the "marriage" in the late nineteenth century of the male Anthropological Society of Washington to the Women's Anthropological Society of America. Revealing relationships that were simultaneously deeply personal and professionally important, these essays bring a new depth of insight to the history of anthropology as a social science and human endeavor. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 297 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780299194734 0299194736 1282765892 9781282765894 9780299194703 0299194701 9786612765896 6612765895 |