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Reading Leacock’s “Interpreting the origins of gender inequality” fifty years later

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: This article considers the contributions of Eleanor Leacock’s Dialectical Anthropology article of 1983, in which she lays out a pathbreaking position on how we can study the origins of gender inequality. It shows how her previous work led up to this article and considers its reception in its own time and its enduring legacy.

Source: Dialectical Anthropology

DOI: 10.1007/s10624-025-09789-5

Author: Jane L. Collins

Institution: University of Wisconsin–Madison

Language: English

Topic: Gender and Feminist Studies

Subfield: Gender Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Gender equality, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,190