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is, in ethnographic research, often neglected as a 'muted group'.

Edwin's most influential short essays was a piece entitled 'Belief and the Problem of Women', which popularised the idea of 'muted groups'. The idea was first applied to women, but came to have a life in many other areas. 'Muted groups' were defined by what Ardener called 'world structures': they were groups that for one reason or another were unable to express themselves through the dominant existing structures (of language, symbolism or action) in a society. The idea led, through the subsequent work of Shirley Ardener and her many collaborators, to a rich and sustained vein of analysis (beginning with the collection called Perceiving Women [1975]) that continues to illuminate the role and position of women in many societies.' (net)

Edwin Ardener

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