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The performance of gender : an anthropology of everyday life in a South Indian fishing village. /Cecilia Busby.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher number: : International Book Distributors | : Flat No. 17, Prakash Apartment, 4405/2,5 Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi.Publication details: , London : Athlone Press , 2000.Description: xviii,262p. :24cmISBN:
  • 9780485196719
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.0954 BUS
Contents:
Introduction Part I: The Marking of Difference Men and boys: the lives of the fishermen Women, money and markets Gender, body and the tracing of relatedness Part II: The Merging of Difference Becoming husband and wife Loans and goods: flows and exchanges between households Eating from one plate: gender, exchange and spouses Part III: Disputes and Negotiations Gender and money: the saving and spending of household wealth Conflict and Violence Conclusions Notes Bibliography Index
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."
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Introduction
Part I: The Marking of Difference
Men and boys: the lives of the fishermen
Women, money and markets
Gender, body and the tracing of relatedness
Part II: The Merging of Difference
Becoming husband and wife
Loans and goods: flows and exchanges between households
Eating from one plate: gender, exchange and spouses
Part III: Disputes and Negotiations
Gender and money: the saving and spending of household wealth
Conflict and Violence
Conclusions
Notes
Bibliography
Index

"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."

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