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Gender and Chinese Archaeology (Gender and Archaeology)
. Ed(S): Linduff, Katheryn M.; Sun, Yan
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Description for Gender and Chinese Archaeology (Gender and Archaeology)
paperback. Looks at the role of women in Chinese archaeology. Editor(s): Linduff, Katheryn M.; Sun, Yan. Series: Gender and Archaeology. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
The roles of women in Chinese archaeology, with only a few exceptions, have at worst been overlooked, and at best consigned to conventional Marxist theory that prescribes formulaic frameworks for understanding gender—until now. Renowned archaeologist Katheryn M. Linduff and fellow researcher Yan Sun have brought together a fascinating collection that reexamines gender in ancient Chinese cultures. Acknowledging and negotiating the complications that challenge their efforts, the authors analyze and begin to reconstruct the roles of women in various regions of China from the late Neolithic to the early Empire period. Topics range from mortuary ritual, social status and structures of ... Read more
The roles of women in Chinese archaeology, with only a few exceptions, have at worst been overlooked, and at best consigned to conventional Marxist theory that prescribes formulaic frameworks for understanding gender—until now. Renowned archaeologist Katheryn M. Linduff and fellow researcher Yan Sun have brought together a fascinating collection that reexamines gender in ancient Chinese cultures. Acknowledging and negotiating the complications that challenge their efforts, the authors analyze and begin to reconstruct the roles of women in various regions of China from the late Neolithic to the early Empire period. Topics range from mortuary ritual, social status and structures of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
AltaMira Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Series
Gender and Archaeology
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
California, United States
ISBN
9780759104099
SKU
V9780759104099
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About . Ed(S): Linduff, Katheryn M.; Sun, Yan
Katheryn M. Linduff is in the departments of art history and anthropology at University of Pittsburgh. Yan Sun is in the department of Visual Arts at Gettysburg College
Reviews for Gender and Chinese Archaeology (Gender and Archaeology)
Gender and Chinese Archaeology is the first book to consider gender in the archaeological record of China. Linduff and Sun have assembled a group of China specialists who read the primary literature in Chinese archaeology and apply sophisticated analyses of gender to artifacts and sites. The chapters range from Neolithic sites to the Han Dynasty. Far from showing a monolithic ... Read more