Reader In Gender Archaeology

Author : Kelley Hays-Gilpin,David S. Whitley
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0415173604

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Reader in Gender Archaeology by Kelley Hays-Gilpin,David S. Whitley Pdf

This Reader in Gender Archaeology presents nineteen current, controversial and highly influential articles which confront and illuminate issues of gender in prehistory. The question of gender difference and whether it is natural or culturally constructed is a compelling one. The articles here, which draw on evidence from a wide range of geographic areas, demonstrate how all archaeological investigation can benefit from an awareness of issues of gender. They also show how the long-term nature of archaeological research can inform the gender debate across the disciplines. The volume: * organizes this complex area into seven sections on key themes in gender archaeology: archaeological method and theory, human origins, division of labour, the social construction of gender, iconography and ideology, power and social hierarchies and new forms of archaeological narrative * includes section introductions which outline the history of research on each topic and present the key points of each article * presents a balance of material which rewrites women into prehistory, and articles which show how the concept of gender informs our understanding and interpretation of the past.

Author : Kelley Hays-Gilpin,David S. Whitley
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0415173604

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Reader in Gender Archaeology by Kelley Hays-Gilpin,David S. Whitley Pdf

This Reader in Gender Archaeology presents nineteen current, controversial and highly influential articles which confront and illuminate issues of gender in prehistory. The question of gender difference and whether it is natural or culturally constructed is a compelling one. The articles here, which draw on evidence from a wide range of geographic areas, demonstrate how all archaeological investigation can benefit from an awareness of issues of gender. They also show how the long-term nature of archaeological research can inform the gender debate across the disciplines. The volume: * organizes this complex area into seven sections on key themes in gender archaeology: archaeological method and theory, human origins, division of labour, the social construction of gender, iconography and ideology, power and social hierarchies and new forms of archaeological narrative * includes section introductions which outline the history of research on each topic and present the key points of each article * presents a balance of material which rewrites women into prehistory, and articles which show how the concept of gender informs our understanding and interpretation of the past.

Author : Roberta Gilchrist
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134607006

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Gender and Archaeology by Roberta Gilchrist Pdf

Gender and Archaeology is the first volume to critically review the development of this now key topic internationally, across a range of periods and material culture. ^l Roberta Gilchrist explores the significance of the feminist epistemologies. She shows the unique perspective that gender archaeology can bring to bear on issues such as division of labour and the life course. She examines issues of sexuality, and the embodiment of sexual identity. A substantial case study of gender space and metaphor in the medieval English castle is used to draw together and illustrate these issues.

Author : Sarah Milledge Nelson
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2004-03-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780759115743

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Gender in Archaeology by Sarah Milledge Nelson Pdf

This new edition of the first comprehensive feminist, theoretical synthesis of the archaeological work on gender reflects the extensive changes in the study of gender and archaeology over the past 8 years. New issues—such as sexuality studies, the body, children, and feminist pedagogy—enrich this edition while the author updates work on the roles of women and men in such areas as human origins, the sexual division of labor, kinship and other social structures, state development, and ideology. Nelson provides examples from gender-specific archaeological studies worldwide to examine such traditional myths as woman the gatherer, the goddess hypothesis, and the Amazon warriors, replacing them with a more nuanced, informed treatment of gender based on the latest research. She also examines the structure of the archaeology in her attempt to understand and change a discipline that has made women all but invisible both as researchers and objects of research. Honored as a Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Book, Nelson's work will continue to be the benchmark for archaeologists interested in gender as a subject of research and in the profession.

Author : Sarah Milledge Nelson
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2007-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780759113909

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Women in Antiquity by Sarah Milledge Nelson Pdf

Archaeology is one of our most powerful sources of new information about the past, about the lives of our ancient and not-so-ancient ancestors. The contributors to Women in Antiquity consider the theoretical problems involved in discerning what the archaeological evidence tells us about gender roles in antiquity. The book includes chapters on the history of gender research, historical texts, mortuary analysis, household remains, hierarchy, and ethnoarchaeology, with each chapter teasing out the inherent difficulty in interpreting ancient evidence as well as the promise of new understanding. Women in Antiquity offers a fresh, accessible account of how we might grasp the ways in which sexual roles and identities shaped the past.

Author : Nona Palincaş
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031521553

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Gender and Change in Archaeology by Nona Palincaş Pdf

Author : Sarah M. Nelson,Myriam Rosen-Ayalon
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 075910087X

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In Pursuit of Gender by Sarah M. Nelson,Myriam Rosen-Ayalon Pdf

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Author : Marie Louise Stig Sørensen
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780745668642

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Gender Archaeology by Marie Louise Stig Sørensen Pdf

This major new textbook explores the relations between gender and archaeology, providing an innovative and important account of how material culture is used in the construction of gender. Throughout this lively and accessible text, Sorensen engages with the question of how gender is materially constituted, and examines the intersection of social and material concerns from the Palaeolithic Age to the present day. Part One discusses a range of important general issues, beginning with an overview of the recent role of gender and gender relations in our appropriation of past societies. After introducing the debate about feminist or gender archaeology, Sorensen examines archaeology's concern with the sex/gender distinction, the nature of negotiation, and feminist epistemological claims in relation to archaeology. In Part Two, the author focuses on the materiality of gender, exploring it through case studies ranging from prehistory to contemporary society. Food, dress, space and contact are examined in turn, to show how they express and negotiate gender roles. This illustrated textbook will be essential reading for students and scholars in archaeology, anthropology, material culture studies and women's studies.

Author : Sarah M. Nelson
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0759104964

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Gender in Archaeology by Sarah M. Nelson Pdf

'Gender in Archaeology' provides a feminist theoretical synthesis of the flood of archaeological work on gender. The author examines the roles of women & men in areas as human origins, the sexual division of labour, kinship & other social formations.

Author : Timothy Insoll
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2007-01-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134120505

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The Archaeology of Identities by Timothy Insoll Pdf

The Archaeology of Identities brings together seventeen seminal articles from this exciting new discipline in one indispensable volume for the first time. Editor Timothy Insoll expertly selects a cross-section of contributions by leading authorities to form a comprehensive and balanced representation of approaches and interests. Issues covered include: gender and sexuality ethnicity, nationalism and caste age ideology disability. Chapters are thematically arranged and are contextualized with lucid summaries and an introductory chapter, providing an accessible introduction to the varied selection of case studies included and archaeological materials considered from global sources. The study of identity is increasingly recognized as a fundamental division of archaeological enquiry, and has recently become the focus of a variety of new and challenging developments. As such, this volume will fast become the definitive sourcebook in archaeology of identities, making it essential reading for students, lecturers and researchers in the field.

Author : Sarah M. Nelson
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 938 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 0759106789

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Handbook of Gender in Archaeology by Sarah M. Nelson Pdf

First reference work to explore the research on gender in archaeology.

Author : Sarah M. Nelson
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0759110824

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Women in Antiquity by Sarah M. Nelson Pdf

Part One of Nelson's 'Handbook of Gender in Archaeology.'

Author : Timothy Insoll
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2007-01-24
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781134120512

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The Archaeology of Identities by Timothy Insoll Pdf

The Archaeology of Identities brings together seventeen seminal articles from this exciting new discipline in one indispensable volume for the first time. Editor Timothy Insoll expertly selects a cross-section of contributions by leading authorities to form a comprehensive and balanced representation of approaches and interests. Issues covered include:gender and sexualityethnicity, nationalism and casteageideologydisability.Chapters are thematically arranged and are contextualized with lucid summaries and an introductory.

Author : Roberta Gilchrist
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134730636

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Gender and Material Culture by Roberta Gilchrist Pdf

Gender and Material Culture is the first complete study in the archaeology of gender, exploring the differences between the religious life of men and women. Gender in medieval monasticism influenced landscape contexts and strategies of economic management, the form and development of buildings and their symbolic and iconographic content. Women's religious experience was often poorly documented, but their archaeology indicates a shared tradition which was closely linked with, and valued by local communities. The distinctive patterns observed suggest that gender is essential to archaeological analysis.

Author : David S. Whitley
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0415141605

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Reader in Archaeological Theory by David S. Whitley Pdf

This Reader in Archaeological Theory presents sixteen articles of key theoretical significance, in a format which makes this notoriously complex area easier for students to understand. This volume: * provides an intellectual history of different approaches to archaeology which contextualizes the complex traditions of cognitive archaeology and postprocessualism on which it focuses * organizes theories of archaeology, the meanings of things, the prehistoric mind and cognition, gender, ideology and social theory and archaeology's relationship to today's society and politics * includes lucid section introductions to each section which provide context, explain why the papers are so significant and summarize their key points * emphasizes research from the 'New World', making archaeological theory especially relevant and accessible to students in North America