Ungendering Civilization

Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-415-26058-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 398 g

With nine papers examining a distinct body of archaeological data, Ungendering Civilization offers a much needed scrutiny of the role of women in the evolution of states.

Studying societies including Predynastic Egypt, Minoan Crete, ancient Zimbabwe and the Maya - to determine what the facts actually show, the contributors critically address traditional views of male and female roles, and argue for the possibility that the root historical cause of gender subordination is participation in modern world system, rather than 'innate' tendencies to domesticity and child-rearing in women, and leadership and aggression in men.

With an interdisciplinary potential, students of archaeology, cultural studies and gender studies will find this full of useful information.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pyburn, K. Anne

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Rethinking complex society 1 Gendered states: Gender and agency in economic models of Great Zimbabwe 2 The use and abuse of ethnographic analogies in interpretations of gender systems at Cahokia 3 The “marauding pagan warrior” woman 4 Tracing women in early Sumer 5 Leaders, healers, laborers, and lovers: Reinterpreting women’s roles in Moche society 6 The benefits of an archaeology of gender for predynastic Egypt 7 All the Harappan men are naked, but the women are wearing jewelry 8 Oh my goddess: A meditation on Minoan civilization 9 Ungendering the Maya

Über Autor(innen)

K. Anne Pyburn is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Indiana University. She is the director of the Chau Hiix Project, which investigates the political economy of an ancient Maya community, and the MATRIX Project.