Gender in ancient Cyprus : narratives of social change on a Mediterranean island / Diane Bolger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bolger, Diane R.

Series:

Gender and archaeology series ; v. 6.

Gender and archaeology series ; v. 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex role--Cyprus.

Sex role.

Cyprus--Antiquities.

Cyprus.

Antiquities.

Gender identity--Cyprus.

Gender identity.

Physical Description:

xvii, 269 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Walnut Creek, CA : AltaMira Press, [2003]

Summary:

Gender in Ancient Cyprus examines some of the fundamental facets of gender as they intersect with the dynamics of social, political, and economic change in Cyprus, beginning with the earliest traces of human habitation on the island to the final phases of the Bronze Age. The book closely analyzes gender as it relates to the domestic space, technology and labor, ritual and social identity, and the roles of children, as well as the practices of modern day Near Eastern archaeology and the roles of women in it. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Contents:

Facing the Cypriot past

Setting the scene : gender and domestic space

Working actors : gender, technology and labor

Performing gender : figurines, ritual and social identity

Invisible characters : children and adolescents

Endings : gender and mortuary ritual

Denouement : themes and threads

Epilogue : Cypriot archaeology, who tells the story?

Cypriot prehistory : a brief overview

Gazetteer of major prehistoric sites in Cyprus.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-257) and index.

ISBN:

0759104298

0759104301

OCLC:

51966398