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Women and Bullfighting

Gender, Sex and the Consumption of Tradition

«'an insightful and provocative account of gender and women bullfighters in Andalusia.' [...] Dr Pink presents a rich, vivid, and indepth description of the bullfight and the roles that women play in bullfighting culture, and a 'fresh' perspective on gender relations in Spain.'Anthrozoos'(a) closely argued book. [...] The book is splendidly illustrated. Perhaps the most interesting of all is her insistence on the diversity of perceptions not just of the woman bullfighter, but of gender in Cordoban society. Her persuasive rebuttal of a powerful tradition of Anglo-Saxon anthropology in southern Spain, with its familiar construct of an essentialist gender division between dominant men (who might be bullfighters) and subordinate women (who clearly should not), makes this an important book.'TLS'She offers a welcome critique of the overtly masculine bias inherent in structuralist-inspired binary representations of gender in Andalusia ... the book is beautifully detailed and»

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Also available in paperback, 9781859739617 GBP17.99 (November, 1997)

Detaljer

Forlag
Berg Publishers
Innbinding
Innbundet
Språk
Engelsk
Sider
242
ISBN
9781859739563
Utgivelsesår
1997
Format
22 x 14 cm

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«'an insightful and provocative account of gender and women bullfighters in Andalusia.' [...] Dr Pink presents a rich, vivid, and indepth description of the bullfight and the roles that women play in bullfighting culture, and a 'fresh' perspective on gender relations in Spain.'Anthrozoos'(a) closely argued book. [...] The book is splendidly illustrated. Perhaps the most interesting of all is her insistence on the diversity of perceptions not just of the woman bullfighter, but of gender in Cordoban society. Her persuasive rebuttal of a powerful tradition of Anglo-Saxon anthropology in southern Spain, with its familiar construct of an essentialist gender division between dominant men (who might be bullfighters) and subordinate women (who clearly should not), makes this an important book.'TLS'She offers a welcome critique of the overtly masculine bias inherent in structuralist-inspired binary representations of gender in Andalusia ... the book is beautifully detailed and»

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