The Parenthetical Woman

may discover new talent among those who have always been living under the umbrella of another's making. We may find that those who had previously taken upon themselves the burden of both action and definition may now THIS book deals with visibility and invisibility of women in anthropological studies, in social and economic structure and in private and public spheres and its relation to the understanding of the power women possess. The book is a collection of papers which at various levels have taken the task of critically evaluating accepted methodologies and presenting various ways of understanding the lives and experiences of women. The book is divided into three parts. The first pan deals with 'Visibility and Invisibility of Women'; the second part is on 'Women, Power and Authority'; and the third part deals with 'Women and Development'.