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From: PATTYO%IRISHMVS.CC.ND.EDU@UICVM.UIC.EDU
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Subject: (Copy)      Re: cross-cultural readings

I thought this message from another list would be helpful in regard
to the discussion of women, power, and other cultures.

 Patty O'Donnell

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Date:         Thu, 2 Dec 1993 11:43:32 -0600
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From:         Caroline Brettell <cbrettel@SUN.CIS.SMU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: cross-cultural readings

On cross-cultural readings on gender. Ethnographies I have always enjoyed
are Margery Wolf's "The House of Lim" (Taiwan), Margery Shostak's "Nisa"
(!Kung), Gail Bernstein's "Haruko's World" (Japan), Erika Friedl "Women of Deh
Koh" (Iran). Although old now, Elizabeth Fernea's "Guests of the Shief" is
wonderful. You might also look for some life histories of women: there are
several for native American women. Oh, Murphy and Murphy's "Women of the
Forest" (on the Mundurucu in Brazil) is also good. I wrote a book "We Have
Already Cried Many Tears" which is the life histories of three portuguese
migrant women. I think it is readable. Also, do you know the reader
"Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective" that my colleague Carolyn Sargent
and I published with Prentice-Hall last year. It is a good text for such a
course and contains selections from ethnographies.

Hope this helps.

Caroline Brettell, Anthropology, SMU, Dallas