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Ungendering Civilization

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archaeology of gender
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cross-cultural gender roles
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Female Graves
feminist anthropology
Garcilaso De La Vega
gendered power dynamics in archaeology
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Grave Goods
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Great Zimbabwe
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Ingombe Ilede
Late Uruk Period
Menstrual Huts
Middle Mississippian
Minoan Art
Minoan Civilization
Minoan Society
Moche Iconography
Moche Pottery
Mochica Culture
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Modern World System
Predynastic Egypt
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social stratification
Stamp Seals
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Zimbabwe Plateau

Product details

  • ISBN 9780415260589
  • Weight: 470g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 29 Jan 2004
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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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.
About
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.