Henrietta L. Moore is the William Wyse Chair of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge. She is also the author of Still Life: Hopes, Desires and Satisfactions.

Preface and Acknowledgements.
1. Feminism and Anthropology: The Story of a Relationship.
2. Gender and Status: Explaining the Position of Women.
3. Understanding Women's Work: Kinship, Labour and Household,Part 1. 4. The Changing Nature of Women's Lives: Kinship, Labourand Household, Part 2.
5. Women and the State.
6. Feminist Anthropology: What Difference Does It Make?.
Notes.
References.
Index.

This is the first book which examines the nature and significanceof a feminist critique in anthropology. It offers a clearintroduction to, and balanced assessment of, the theoretical andpractical issues raised by the development of a feministanthropology.
Henrietta Moore situates the development of a feminist approachin anthropology within the context of the discipline, examining theways in which women have been studied in anthropology - as well asthe ways in which the study of gender has influenced thedevelopment of the discipline anthropology. She considers theapplication of feminist work to key areas of anthropologicalresearch, and addresses the question of what social anthropologyhas to contribute to contemporary feminism.
Throughout the book Henrietta Moore's analysis is informed byher own extensive fieldwork in Africa and by her concern to developanthropological theory and method by means of feminist critique.This book will be of particular value to students in anthropology,women's studies and the social sciences.