for keeping before us the goals of feminism that move be- Feminism, Marxism, Method, and the l in stices againist women and deal with oppression and inequality i all antas ol lnt life. As Shelly put it in an article in Sug State: An Agenda for Theory itls aH ,"A(rucial task for feminist scholars emerges, then, not as the lative: ly limited one of documenting pervasive sexism as a social I--duI sha w ing It w we can ni(w hope to change or have in the past stead. it seems that we are wayil linb ing ihe Partir. ulars of womens lives, activities, and Catharine A MacKinnon gfI,u in: ualities where ver they exist ti:4*c e,er. ii e rech,nize ind tescnd l Iat td t(, extend wur Iange (f ison u,"intquahues wherever they ork as feminists enjoins us to achieve this extension not by am时m tements and vague incantations but by paying close atler tio n 1o"the Particulars of women's lives, activities, and goals. "Here lies Eds, Marner 0. keh mmigjor source of insight, the rootedness in human experience that Capo llws us to rethink, redirect, and ultimately to reshape our construc- tious of tlie world /8/,82 Many pcople helped us in the gathering and editing of these essays, which, in the main, atre taken from a special issue of Signs on feminist theary, and we are deeply grateful to them. We turned constantly for dl editorial suggestions to our fellow associates at Signs FrtetI: ll. ( rol Jacklin, Ayra Strober, and Margery wolf Ihen this lu parant aL work is to mal Kism: that which is most I Sign ndI was of invaluable help. Carolyn Lougee, a member of our one's own, yet most taken away. Marxist theory argues that society is literal loard. as well as the then managing editor of signs, gave us fine fundamentally constructed of the relations peop ple form as they do an d e on the essay by julia kristeva make things needed to survive humanly. Work is the social process of I he very cataloging of these names is pleasure, recalling as it does sha transforming the material and social worlds, creating iusuisoi sh:ared thought and work. We are espccially grateful to two who people ngs as they create value. It is tha hat activity by which c Irans formative elfect on this volume: the managing editor and the people become who they are Class is its strcture, production its conse c litoral associate of Signs. The authors who worked with them know as ence, capital its congealed form, and control its issue. dl, how great their contribution was and join us, I am sure, in thie wish lo give the m tie recognition they deserve Dedicated to the spirit of Shelly Rosiaklo in us all. NANNERL O. KEOIAN cnlinlsIn, 1/ a、pan BARBARA C. GELPI on the retation Between m: rxisu ticlte I Rosallslo, ""T'le Use andf Aluse of Anthropology: Ret feminism iself las In the intervening years, the manuscript has been wisely circulated, in Ieinisin an (ausscultusal Linclerst nding, "Signs: Journal f Ionen in Allure #nd Sori process, which I h5,w,3(5ing1U:3洲-17,e417 Silverstein. vale T'ebbetis, Rona Wilensky, Caye williams, Jack Winkler, and Laura X. ork of Martha Freeman and Lat Anm Crier was essential to its production