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Record Nr.

UNINA9910141382303321

Titolo

A companion to gender prehistory [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Diane Bolger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

West Sussex, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012

ISBN

1-118-29430-0

1-118-29429-7

1-78268-961-3

1-283-64422-3

1-118-29427-0

1-118-29426-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (668 p.)

Collana

Blackwell companions to anthropology

Altri autori (Persone)

BolgerDiane <1954->

Disciplina

930.1

Soggetti

Prehistoric peoples - Sex differences

Women, Prehistoric

Social archaeology

Sex role

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A Companion to Gender Prehistory; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Gender Prehistory - The Story So Far; Part I Thematic Perspectives in Gender Prehistory; Section 1 Current Themes and Debates; 1 Engendering Human Evolution; 2 Gender, Complexity, and Power in Prehistory; 3 Archaeology of Embodied Subjectivities; 4 Queer Prehistory: Bodies, Performativity, and Matter; 5 The Future of Gender in Prehistoric Archaeology; Section 2 Gender and Prehistoric Material Culture; 6 Gender and Prehistoric Rock Art

7 Gender and Lithic Studies in Prehistoric Archaeology8 Gender, Labor, and Pottery Production in Prehistory; 9 Gender and Textile Production in Prehistory; Section 3 Gendered Bodies and Identities in Prehistory; 10 Personhood in Prehistory: A Feminist Archaeology in Ten Persons; 11 Bioarchaeological Approaches to the Gendered Body; 12 Figurines,



Corporeality, and the Origins of the Gendered Body; 13 Goddesses in Prehistory; Part II Regional Perspectives in Gender Prehistory; Section 4 Gender Prehistory in Africa and Asia; 14 Gender in North African Prehistory

15 Gender in the Prehistory of Sub-Saharan Africa16 Gender and Archaeology in Coastal East Asia; 17 Gender Archaeology in East Asia and Eurasia; 18 Gender in Southwest Asian Prehistory; Section 5 Gender in European Prehistory; 19 The History of Gender Archaeology in Northern Europe; 20 Gender in Eastern European Prehistory; 21 Gender and Feminism in the Prehistoric Archaeology of Southwest Europe; 22 Gender in British Prehistory; 23 Gender in Central Mediterranean Prehistory; 24 Gender in Greek and Aegean Prehistory; Section 6 Gender Prehistory in the Americas and the South Pacifi c

25 Gender in the Prehistory of the Eastern United States26 The Archaeology of Gender in Western North America; 27 The Archaeology of Gender in Mesoamerica: Moving Beyond Gender Complementarity; 28 Gender in South American Prehistory; 29 Gender and Archaeology in Australia, Papua New Guinea, and the South Pacific; Index

Sommario/riassunto

An authoritative guide on gender prehistory for researchers, instructors and students in anthropology, archaeology, and gender studies Provides the most up-to-date, comprehensive coverage of gender archaeology, with an exclusive focus on prehistory Offers critical overviews of developments  in the archaeology of gender over the last 30 years, as well as assessments of current trends and prospects for future researchFocuses on recent Third Wave approaches to the study of gender in early human societies, challenging heterosexist biases, and  investigating the interfa