Anthropology never has had a distinct subject matter, and because it doesn't have a real method, there's a great deal of anxiety over what it is.
From Clifford Geertz
Has feminism made us all more conscious? I think it has. Feminist critiques of anthropological masculine bias have been quite important, and they have increased my sensitivity to that kind of issue.
I do think the attempt to raise consciousness has succeeded. People are very aware of gender concerns now.
I don't feel that an atmosphere of debate and total disagreement and argument is such a bad thing. It makes for a vital and alive field.
I don't have the notion that everybody has to write in some single academic style.
I don't write drafts. I write from the beginning to the end, and when it's finished, it's done.
I never leave a sentence or a paragraph until I'm satisfied with it.
I think feminism has had a major impact on anthropology.
I think of myself as a writer who happens to be doing his writing as an anthropologist.
I think the American university system still seems to be the best system in the world.
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