03566nam 2200745Ia 450 991082167000332120200520144314.00-88920-308-31-282-23328-997866138110280-88920-557-410.51644/9780889205574(CKB)1000000000714114(SSID)ssj0000279187(PQKBManifestationID)11210766(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000279187(PQKBWorkID)10259881(PQKB)10609235(SSID)ssj0000745207(PQKBManifestationID)12386476(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000745207(PQKBWorkID)10851430(PQKB)10969711(CaPaEBR)402288(CaBNvSL)jme00326936(OCoLC)180704486(MdBmJHUP)muse48120(Au-PeEL)EBL3050321(CaPaEBR)ebr10147345(OCoLC)922951085(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/q8r6c8(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/2/402288(MiAaPQ)EBC3050321(MiAaPQ)EBC3246281(DE-B1597)667214(DE-B1597)9780889205574(EXLCZ)99100000000071411419970123d1997 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierErect men, undulating women the visual imagery of gender, race and progress in reconstructive illustrations of human evolution /Melanie G. Wiber1st ed.Waterloo, Ont. Wilfrid Laurier University Press19971 online resource (ix, 290 pages) illustrationsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-88920-274-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-278) and index.Front Matter -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Of Gender, "Race" Progress and Evolution: Human Evolution Reconstructive Illustration -- Contested Knowledge in the Human Evolution Story Field: Man the Hunter versus Woman the Gatherer -- Reconstructive Human Evolution Illustrations: Utilizing Western Art Conventions in a Contested Story Field -- Gender: The Ubiquitous Story Operator -- Conflation and the Significant Other: Racism and Codes of the Primitive -- Window or Mirror? Primates and Foragers: Analogies of the Pre- Cultural Life -- Progress: Inevitable as Moral Rewards-The Ultimate Story Operator -- Lucy as Barbie Doll: Eroticism in the Human Evolution Meta-Narrative -- The Commodification of Human Evolution: Selling a Story Field through Illustrations -- Conclusions and Future Directions for Research -- Figures -- References Cited -- IndexThe author provides a deeper understanding of popularized illustrations of human origins and encourages readers to gain a sensitivity to the ways in which Western culture constructs scientific findings that are compatible with its deeply held beliefs and values.Anthropological illustrationSocial aspectsFeminist anthropologyAnthropological illustrationSocial aspects.Feminist anthropology.305.3Wiber Melanie1954-1611166MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821670003321Erect men, undulating women3939258UNINA