Cultural analysis is intrinsically incomplete. And, worse than that, the more deeply it goes the less complete it is.

I do think the attempt to raise consciousness has succeeded. People are very aware of gender concerns now

I've often been accused of making anthropology into literature, but anthropology is also field research. Writing is central to it.

If I remember correctly, a writer is someone who wants to convey information. Language or writing is a code

Anthropology in general has always been fairly hospitable to female scholars, and even to feminist scholars

Meaning is socially, historically, and rhetorically constructed.

I have a social philosophy; you have political opinions; he has an ideology.