Preucel / Mrozowski Contemporary Archaeology in Theory

The New Pragmatism
2. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4443-5851-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 664 Seiten, E-Book

The second edition of Contemporary Archaeology in Theory: TheNew Pragmatism, has been thoroughly updated and revised, andfeatures top scholars who redefine the theoretical and politicalagendas of the field, and challenge the usual distinctions betweentime, space, processes, and people.
* Defines the relevance of archaeology and the social sciencesmore generally to the modern world
* Challenges the traditional boundaries between prehistoric andhistorical archaeologies
* Discusses how archaeology articulates such contemporary topicsand issues as landscape and natures; agency, meaning and practice;sexuality, embodiment and personhood; race, class, and ethnicity;materiality, memory, and historical silence; colonialism,nationalism, and empire; heritage, patrimony, and social justice;media, museums, and publics
* Examines the influence of American pragmatism onarchaeology
* Offers 32 new chapters by leading archaeologists and culturalanthropologists

Autoren/Hrsg.

Preucel, Robert W.

Mrozowski, Stephen A.

Über Autor(innen)

Robert W. Preucel is Professor and Chair of Anthropology atthe University of Pennsylvania, Gregory Annenberg WeingartenCurator of the American Section at the University Museum, andDirector of the Penn Center for Native American Studies. His mostrecent book is Archaeological Semiotics (Wiley-Blackwell,2009 in paper).
Stephen A. Mrozowski is the founding director of theAndrew Fiske Memorial Center for Archaeological Research at theUniversity of Massachusetts, Boston, where he also serves as Chairof the Department of Anthropology. He has published more than sixtyscholarly articles and monographs and is the author of TheArchaeology of Class in Urban America (2006).