Archaeological Studies on Gender in Early East Asia / Mandy Jui-man Wu and Katheryn M. Linduff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wu, Mandy Jui-man, author.

Linduff, Katheryn M., author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in ancient East Asia 2632-7325.

Elements in Ancient East Asia Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminist archaeology.

Social archaeology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (76 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : :Cambridge University Press, [2024]

Summary:

Gendered archaeology in Asia has been studied by archaeologists since the 1990s and scholars have posed questions such as the role and construction of gendered identities in ancient societies. In this Element, the authors review secondary literature, report on to what stage the research has evolved, evaluate methodologies, and use the concept of networking to examine the issues across East Asia, including China, Mongolia, Korea, Japan, and Taiwan. Interestingly, those literatures are not entirely parallel with each other - the authors found, for example, that archaeological investigation was largely bound by national guidelines, by local intellectual traditions, and by changing historiographic interpretations of past events, as well as funding. The complexion of recent studies on gender and archaeology in Asia has often been focused on providing a framework for a grand narrative of each national 'civilization' as the emergence of institutional political structures, including traditional values placed on men and women

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Dec 2024).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781108996198

1108996191

9781108996419

1108996418

9781108987486

1108987486