Gender and archaeology : contesting the past / Roberta Gilchrist.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gilchrist, Roberta.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminist archaeology.

Sex role--History--Philosophy.

Sex role.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 190 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Gender and Archaeology is the first volume to critically review the development of this now key topic internationally, across a range of periods and material culture. ^l Roberta Gilchrist explores the significance of the feminist epistemologies. She shows the unique perspective that gender archaeology can bring to bear on issues such as division of labour and the life course. She examines issues of sexuality, and the embodiment of sexual identity. A substantial case study of gender space and metaphor in the medieval English castle is used to draw together and illustrate these issues.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Gender archaeology: beyond the manifesto; Strange bedfellows: feminism and archaeology; Gendered hierarchies? Labour, 'prestige' and production; Experiencing gender: identity, sexuality and the body; Performing the past: gendered time, space, and the lifecycle; The contested garden: gender, space and metaphor in the medieval English castle; Coda: the borders of sex, gender and knowledge; Further reading; Bibliography; Name index; Subject index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [150]-176) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-134-60700-8

1-280-19368-9

0-203-15871-7

0-203-00797-2

9786610193684

9780203007976

OCLC:

57071260