Manifesting power : gender and the interpretation of power in archaeology / edited by Tracy L. Sweely.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sweely, Tracy L., 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social archaeology.

Ethnoarchaeology.

Power (Social sciences).

Sex role.

Sexual division of labor.

Indian women--Social conditions.

Indian women.

Women, Prehistoric--Social conditions.

Women, Prehistoric.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 210 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Power relations among humans have likely been a topic of interest since long before any historical claims to its nature were proffered. This book recognizes that power and gender may be rooted in the experience of power in western society.

Contents:

Cover; Manifesting Power: Gender and the Interpretation of Power in Archaeology; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Exploring power through gender; 1. A resort to subtler contrivances; 2. Egalitarianism, equality, and equitable power; 3. Women leaders in native North American societies: invisible women of power; 4. Gender, power, and heterarchy in middle-level societies; Part II: Ideology and the negotiation of power; 5. Writing on the face of the moon: women's products, archetypes, and power in ancient Maya civilization

6. The metamorphosis of Xochiquetzal: a window on womanhood in pre-and post-conquest Mexico Part III: Manifesting power through material culture; 7. Artels and identities: gender, power, and Russian America; 8. Gender, space, people, and power at Cerén, E1 Salvador; Part IV: Discussions; 9. Gendering power; 10. Rethinking gender and power; 11. Repudiating witchcraft; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-73818-8

1-280-18280-6

0-203-16521-7

0-585-46003-5

9780203165218

OCLC:

560055091