Gender Archaeology
Marie Louise Stig Sørensen
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Paperback. This major new textbook explores the relations between gender and archaeology, providing an innovative and important account of how material culture is used in the construction of gender. Num Pages: 248 pages, 18. BIC Classification: HD; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 362.
This major new textbook explores the relations between gender and archaeology, providing an innovative and important account of how material culture is used in the construction of gender. Throughout this lively and accessible text, Sorensen engages with the question of how gender is materially constituted, and examines the intersection of social and material concerns from the Palaeolithic Age to the present day.
This major new textbook explores the relations between gender and archaeology, providing an innovative and important account of how material culture is used in the construction of gender. Throughout this lively and accessible text, Sorensen engages with the question of how gender is materially constituted, and examines the intersection of social and material concerns from the Palaeolithic Age to the present day.
Part One discusses a range of important general issues, beginning with an overview of the recent role of gender and gender relations in our appropriation of past societies. After introducing the debate about feminist or gender archaeology, Sorensen ... Read more
This illustrated textbook will be essential reading for students and scholars in archaeology, anthropology, material culture studies and women's studies.
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745620152
SKU
V9780745620152
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Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Marie Louise Stig Sørensen
Jesus College, Cambridge (affiliation)
Reviews for Gender Archaeology
'This book is of the highest intellectual quality, carefully argued in a non-confrontational tone. Sørenson's emphasis on what archaeology can contribute to the social science discussion about gender is a refreshing change from much of the existing literature on the topic.' Elizabeth Scott, Zooarch Research 'For a penetrating analysis of the state of gender archaeology today, and an ... Read more