Sarah Milledge Nelson

Gender in Archaeology

Analyzing Power and Prestige

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Gender and Archaeology
• Verlag: Altamira Press
• Second Edition
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 337g
• ISBN-13: 9780759104969
• ISBN-10: 0759104964
• Artikelnr.: 22090487

Autorenporträt

Sarah Milledge Nelson is John Evans Professor of Archaeology at the University of Denver, where she is faculty in the Anthropology Department and Director of Asian Studies. Some recent books include The Archaeology of Korea (1993), The Archaeology of Northeast China (ed.)(1995), Gender in Archaeology(1997) which won the Choice Outstanding Academic Book Award, and Ancient Queens: Archaeological Explorations (ed)(2003).

Inhaltsangabe

chapter 1 About the Author chapter 2 Preface chapter 3 1. Introduction
chapter 4 2. The Creation of Power and Prestige chapter 5 3. Interpreting
Gender in the Past. Theories and Strategies chapter 6 4. In the Beginning.
Archaeology, Gender, and Origins Research chapter 7 5. Gender and the
Division of Labor chapter 8 6. Families and Households chapter 9 7. The
Larger Community chapter 10 8. Ideology and Gender chapter 11 9. Gender,
Evolution, and Muted Voices chapter 12 References chapter 13 Index