Abu-Lughod, L. (2008). Writing women’s worlds ( 2nd ed.). Berkley: University of California Press.
Tells the story of the Awlad Ali Bedouin in northwestern Egypt through challenges to anthropological theory and feminist theory.

Collier, J. F., & Yanagisako, S. (1989). Theory in anthropology since feminist practice. Critique of Anthropology. 9(2), 27-37.
A new trend in anthropology is emerging, the idea of looking at discoveries from a feminist perspective.

Herdt, G. (1994). Third sex, third gender: Beyond sexual dimorphism in culture and history. New York: Zone Books.
Eleven essays from the anthropology and history perspective shine light on the place of sexual dimorphism in our society.

Malinowski, B. (1929). The sexual life of savages in north-western Melanesia: An ethnographic account of courtship, marriage and family life among the natives of the Trobriand Islands, British New Guinea. New York: Eugenics Pub. Co.
A discussion from the anthropology perspective of the primitive people of the islands.  At its publication, it was seen as a break-through in a study of a people.

Mead, M. (1928). Coming of age in Samoa: A psychological study of primitive youth for Western civilization. New York: W. Morrow & Company.
A discussion from a anthropologist turned psychologist about the “primitive” people of Samoa.  She suggests that the “civilized” people could learn a lot from the “primitive” people.

Moore, H. L. (1988). Feminism and anthropology. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press.
The first book that explored a feminist approach to anthropology leading a discussion of how women have shaped anthropology and how gender influences anthropology.

Ong, A. (1987). Spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline: Factory women in Malaysia. Albany: State University of New York Press.
The Malay people are going through a transition in their economy from a peasant system to an industrial system and this has caused problems and conflicts in their lives, especially in the lives of the women of the country.  With an anthropology approach, the questions facing the peasants and the state system are addressed.

Ortner, S. (1974). Is female to male as nature is to culture? In Rosaldo, M. S. & Lamphere, L. (Eds.), Woman, culture and society. California: Stanford University Press.
A result of the work done by female anthropologists to try to explain patterns and changes in women’s roles in a variety of social systems.

Rosaldo, M. Z., & Lamphere, L. (Eds.). (1974). Woman, culture, and society. California: Stanford University Press.
A result of the work done by female anthropologists to try to explain patterns and changes in women’s roles in a variety of social systems.

Singerman, D. (1995). Avenues of participation: Family, politics and networks in urban quarters of Cairo. New Jersey: Princeton University Press.
Through a political science approach and an anthropology approach, the daily life of families in Cairo is discussed.  The ways that men and women work together at the household level highlights this story.

Zihlman, A. (1989). Woman the gatherer: The role of women in early hominid evolution. In S. Morgen (Ed.), Gender and anthropology: Critical reviews of research and teaching (pp. 21-40). Washington D.C.: American Anthropological Association.
A collection of essays on research done in the anthropology field from a female perspective.