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An Anthropology of the Subject rounds out the theoretical-philosophical cosmos of one of the twentieth century’s most intellectually adventurous anthropologists. Roy Wagner, having turned “culture” and “symbols” inside out (in The Invention of Culture and Symbols That Stand for Themselves, respectively), now does the same for the “subject” and subjectivity. In studying the human subject and the way human culture mirrors itself, Wagner has redefined holography as “the exact equivalence, or comprehensive identity, of part and whole in any human contingency.”

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Mascia-Lees’ outstanding ability to synthesize complex ideas rewards readers with a text that clearly conceptualizes how differences of gender, race, class, and sexuality structure today’s globalizing world. It exposes the strengths and weaknesses of different theoretical orientations used in anthropology to study gender, difference, power, and inequality including feminist anthropology; black feminist anthropology; lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgendered theory; practice, postcolonial, symbolic, and psychological anthropology; as well as social evolutionism, sociobiology, and evolutionary psychology, among others. Mascia-Lees combines core components of these perspectives with insightful analyses and ethnographic examples to illustrate how global events and transformations have molded and continue to shape gender identities, behaviors, and expectations and produce and sustain worldwide inequalities. This exemplary treatment provides a solid background to understand complex issues and t

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