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| For Immediate Release October 11, 2001 UNCA to Host Talk on Eastern African Field Work Oct. 22 UNC Asheville and the American Institute of Archaeology will present a talk on "When Men are Women: The Construction of Gender Among Gabra Camel Herders of East Africa" by John Wood at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 22, in UNCA’s Owen Conference Center. The talk is free and open to the public. Wood, UNCA assistant sociology professor, is a cultural anthropologist and former newspaper reporter who has worked in Africa on and off for 15 years. His talk draws on more than two years spent living with camel-herding Gabra nomads of the Kenya-Ethiopia borderlands. "When Men Are Women," Wood’s recent book, is a study of Gabra manhood. For more information, call Dorothy Dvorsky Rohner, UNCA assistant classics professor, at 828/251-6295. Media Contacts:
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