Women Talk

Mariko Asano Tamanoi's article "Women's Voices: Their Critique of the Anthropology of Japan" from the Annual Review of Anthropology is an example of an article focusing on issues of feminist anthropology. She writes her article with a modern look at feminist anthropology where both males and females are investigated equally. This is evident primarily through Tamanoi's opening statements about her research which says, "to focus on women may seem to run against the current trend, in anthropological studies of women, toward emphasizing gender" (Tamanoi 1990:17). To further support her view of…