Discusses what feminist anthropologists have to offer feminist theory in the 1990s, answering the question "Where are the origins of power and difference?" by locating these concepts in cultural narratives of sexuality, gender, kinship, race, nation and religion.

This collection of essays analyzes relations of social inequality that appear to be logical extensions of a "natural order" and in the process demonstrates that a revitalized feminist anthropology of the 1990s has much to offer the field of feminist theory. Contributors:Susan McKinnon, Kath Weston, Rayna Rapp, Janet Dolgin, Harriet Whitehead, Carol Delaney, Brackette Williams, Sylvia Yanagisako, Phyllis Chock, Sherry Ortner and Anna Tsing.