Da li u antropologiji postoje ženske teme? Prilog kritičkoj istoriji discipline
Does Anthropology Have Female Themes?

Author(s): Aleksandra Pavićević
Subject(s): Anthropology, Gender Studies, Sociology
Published by: Етнографски институт САНУ
Keywords: themes; humanities; ethnology/anthropology; death studies; female writing
Summary/Abstract: In this paper, the author will endeavor to offer a reflection on the choice of topics that women and men in anthropology deal with. In literary criticism we often hear of “women’s writing”. The author suggests that such a thing exists in anthropology, as well as in other humanities. One of the topics within the history of ethnology that now seems to belong almost exclusively to women is the theme of death. This gender inequality in dealing with the anthropology of death is confirmed by the international conferences in which the author has participated. Is the way of choosing a topic connected with gender/sex, and is it societal or “natural” predispositions that affect the selection, not just of themes but also of professions in academia? Some figures and statistics as well as some norms will be presented, however any final conclusions will be avoided.

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