Meaning Is Socially, Historically, And Rhetorically Constructed.

[culture] Denotes An Historically Transmitted Pattern Of Meanings Embodied In Symbols, A System Of Inherited Conceptions Expressed In Symbolic Forms, By Means Of Which Men Communicate, Perpetuate, And Develop Their Knowledge About And Attitudes Toward Life.

Meaning Is Socially, Historically, And Rhetorically Constructed.

I Was Trained In The '50s As A New Critic. I Remember What Literature Was Like Before The New Critics, When People Stood Up And Talked About Shelley's Soul And Such Things

I Think Feminism Has Had A Major Impact On Anthropology

Anthropology In General Has Always Been Fairly Hospitable To Female Scholars, And Even To Feminist Scholars