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This paper examines cultural anthropology, which has traditionally been a transnational endeavor. According to the paper, this has become increasingly true in recent years with the expansion of transnational feminism. Cultural anthropology has also inevitably been an arena of research beset by power challenges, given the traditional practice of there being an observer, who has the power, and an observed, who does not.

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"Cultural anthropology has traditionally been a transnational endeavor, and this has become increasingly true in recent years with the expansion of transnational feminism (despite a recent recognition that cultural anthropology does not always have to be about "other" people, somewhere overseas, in the non-Western world). Cultural anthropology has also inevitably been an arena of research beset by power challenges, given the traditional practice of there being an observer (who has the power) and an observed (who does not). In recent decades, an increasing amount of self-reflexivity and self-analysis has been evident in the field, as..."

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