Anthropological Studies In The House Of Anthropology

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In Anthropology, ethnographies incorporate social actors that can be both the ethnographer, or the individuals represented in them. These social actors provide many models of agency and possibilities for social change. Social change refers to a significant alteration in behaviors, values and cultures over a period of time. This paper will focus on the studies of Kath Weston, Lila Abu-Lughod and Lisa Rofel. Kath Weston brings out the issues on anthropological studies in her article “Lesbian-Gay Studies In The House Of Anthropology” that focuses on issues of gay, lesbianism, homosexuality, sexuality and gender. The book by Abu-Lughod, “Do Muslim women need saving?” focuses on ethics and how these values impact anthropological studies as well as how well should the anthropologist carry their research to bring forth a fair conclusion to solve several problems. Feminist anthropology, therefore, turns a better area of concern to offer guides to anthropological literature. Lastly, the book “Desiring China: Experiments in Neo-liberalsim, sexuality and Public culture”, focuses on the meaning of being cosmopolitan citizens of the world, the emergence of being gay and lesbian in China.
According to Weston, he feels that matters of sexuality should
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She shows actual experience of women and the contingencies that they live with. She also argues that protecting the Muslim women is possible if the anthropologist works with them in situations that they recognize as the subjects to histological transformation. She also argues that, by researchers considering their larger responsibility to address the forms of global injustice, that are powerful shapers of the world, they find themselves playing a great role in goal attaining. In this book, observing good ethics can play an excellent role that can ultimately solve the issues on saving Afghan

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