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The performance of gender : an anthropology of everyday life in a South Indian fishing village
- Title
- The performance of gender : an anthropology of everyday life in a South Indian fishing village / Cecilia Busby.
- Author
- Busby, Cecilia, 1966-
- Publication
- London ; New Brunswick, NJ : Athlone Press ; Somerset, N.J. : Distributed in the U.S., Canada and South America by Transaction Publishers, 2000.
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Details
- Description
- xviii, 262 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "The Performance of Gender presents a vivid description of everyday life in order to explore the concept of performance for an anthropology of gender. A detailed account of the lives of men and women in a South Indian fishing community reveals new ways of framing gender relations, the body, and kinship. The ethnographic account is set within the context of social and cultural theory, notably the ideas of Judith Butler, Pierre Bourdieu and Michel Foucault."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- London School of Economics monographs on social anthropology ; v. 71
- Uniform Title
- Monographs on social anthropology ; no. 71.
- Subject
- Ficher, ..
- Mukkuvars > Social conditions
- Mukkuvars > Economic conditions
- Mukkuvars > Kinship
- Women, Mukkuvar > India > Marianad
- Sex role > India > Marianad
- Sex differences
- Sex Characteristics
- Manners and customs
- Sex differences
- Sex role
- Women, Mukkuvar
- Alltag
- Fischer
- Mukkuvars
- Sekseverschillen
- Sociaal-economische situatie
- Gender roles
- Sex role > India > Marrianad
- Sex differences > India > Marianad
- Marianad (India) > Social life and customs
- India > Marianad
- Indien > Süd
- Note
- Revision of thesis (Ph. D.--1995).
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-252) and index.
- Contents
- Part I Marking of Difference -- 1 Men and boys: the lives of the fishermen 27 -- 2 Women, money and markets 53 -- 3 Gender, body and the tracing of relatedness 72 -- Part II Merging of Difference -- 4 Becoming husband and wife 91 -- 5 Loans and goods: flows and exchanges between households 113 -- 6 Eating from one plate: gender, exchange and spouses 149 -- Part III Disputes and Negotiations -- 7 Gender and money: the saving and spending of household wealth 177 -- 8 Conflict and Violence 195.
- ISBN
- 0485195712
- 0485196719
- 9780485195712
- 9780485196719
- 0485195719 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 99086428
- OCLC
- ocm43329043
- 43329043
- SCSB-1131833
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library