by
Ted Daniels, Ph.D.
Electronic version copyright © Ted Daniels 1997. All rights reserved
Originally published in Millennialism: An International Bibliography
by Garland Publishing New York, 1992. Reproduced here by permission.
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Ardener, E. "Belief and the Problem of Women." In The Interpretation of Ritual edited by J.S. LaFontaine. London: Tavistock, 1972.
Women's place in the world presents special problems, even or especially for women ethnographers. Anthropology is a "male" science whose models correspond with those of men. Women as subjects are notably reticent about questions like social models; hence the need to comprehend their place in the world via symbol systems in which they participate.
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