Anthropology in general has always been fairly hospitable to female scholars, and even to feminist scholars.

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I think what's known about neurology is still scattered and uncertain.

I think what's known about neurology is still scattered and uncertain.

Anthropology never has had a distinct subject matter, and because it doesn't have a real...

Anthropology never has had a distinct subject matter, and because it doesn't have a real...

My instincts are always against people who want to fasten some sort of hegemony onto...

My instincts are always against people who want to fasten some sort of hegemony onto...

I do think the attempt to raise consciousness has succeeded. People are very aware of...

I do think the attempt to raise consciousness has succeeded. People are very aware of...

If I remember correctly, a writer is someone who wants to convey information. Language or...

If I remember correctly, a writer is someone who wants to convey information. Language or...

I agree with Chomsky in almost nothing. When it comes to innate structures and so...

I agree with Chomsky in almost nothing. When it comes to innate structures and so...

Gender consciousness has become involved in almost every intellectual field: history, literature, science, anthropology. There's...

Gender consciousness has become involved in almost every intellectual field: history, literature, science, anthropology. There's...

I've written a lot of books which are written from the moon - the view...

I've written a lot of books which are written from the moon - the view...

I think the American university system still seems to be the best system in the...

I think the American university system still seems to be the best system in the...

I never leave a sentence or a paragraph until I'm satisfied with it.

I never leave a sentence or a paragraph until I'm satisfied with it.

Younger anthropologists have the notion that anthropology is too diverse. The number of things done...

Younger anthropologists have the notion that anthropology is too diverse. The number of things done...

I think feminism has had a major impact on anthropology.

I think feminism has had a major impact on anthropology.

I was trained in the '50s as a New Critic. I remember what literature was...

I was trained in the '50s as a New Critic. I remember what literature was...

I had a hard time convincing students that they were going to North Africa to...

I had a hard time convincing students that they were going to North Africa to...

It's always amusing to look at how something early in the 20th century was written...

It's always amusing to look at how something early in the 20th century was written...

I've often been accused of making anthropology into literature, but anthropology is also field research....

I've often been accused of making anthropology into literature, but anthropology is also field research....

Has feminism made us all more conscious? I think it has. Feminist critiques of anthropological...

Has feminism made us all more conscious? I think it has. Feminist critiques of anthropological...

Believing, with Max Weber, that man is an animal suspended in webs of significance he...

Believing, with Max Weber, that man is an animal suspended in webs of significance he...

If there's ever a place where you can't argue that you can put the facts...

If there's ever a place where you can't argue that you can put the facts...

We need to think more about the nature of rhetoric in anthropology. There isn't a...

We need to think more about the nature of rhetoric in anthropology. There isn't a...