A companion to social archaeology [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Lynn Meskell and Robert W. Preucel

• Pubblicazione: Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (450 p.)
• Disciplina: 930.1
• Soggetto topico: Social archaeology
• Altri autori: MeskellLynn PreucelRobert W
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: A Companion to Social Archaeology; Contents; List of Figures; Notes on Contributors; Part I; Knowledges; 1 The ''Social ''in Archaeological Theory:An Historical and Contemporary Perspective; 2 Cross-Cultural Comparison and Archaeological Theory; 3 Social Archaeology and Marxist Social Thought; 4 Embodied Subjectivity:Gender,Femininity,Masculinity,Sexuality; 5 Social Archaeology and Origins Research:A Paleolithic Perspective; Part II; Identities; 6 Archaeology and the Life Course:A Time and Age for Gender; 7 The Past and Foreign Countries:Colonial and Post-Colonial Archaeology and Anthropology ; 8 Material Culture:Current Problems9 Ideology,Power,and Capitalism:The Historical Archaeology of Consumption; Part III; Places; 10 Space,Spatiality,and Archaeology; 11 Social Archaeologies of Landscape; 12 Living and Working at Home:The Social Archaeology of Household Production and Social Relations; 13 Diaspora and Identity in Archaeology:Moving beyond the Black Atlantic; Part IV; Politics; 14 The Political Economy of Archaeological Practice and the Production of Heritage in the Middle East; 15 Latin American Archaeology:From Colonialism to Globalization ; 16 Contested Pasts:Archaeology and Native Americans17 Identity,Modernity,and Archaeology:The Case of Japan; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The Companion to Social Archaeology is the first scholarly work to explore the encounter of social theory and archaeology over the past two decades. Grouped into four sections - Knowledges, Identities, Places, and Politics - each of which is prefaced with a review essay that contextualizes the history and developments in social archaeology and related fields. Draws together newer trends that are challenging established ways of understanding the past. Includes contributions by leading scholars who instigated major theoretical trends.
• Titolo autorizzato: A companion to social archaeology
• ISBN: 1-281-30960-5; 9786611309602; 0-470-69360-6; 0-470-69286-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996208294903316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno