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<p><P>This new edition of the first comprehensive feminist, theoretical synthesis of the archaeological work on gender reflects the extensive changes in the study of gender and archaeology over the past 8 years. New issues&#151;such as sexuality studies, the body, children, and feminist pedagogy&#151;enrich this edition while the author updates work on the roles of women and men in such areas as human origins, the sexual division of labor, kinship and other social structures, state development, and ideology.</p> <h3>Library Journal</h3> <p>Nelson (archaeology, Univ. of Denver) presents a lucid, scholarly demonstration of the importance of an archaeological approach to the past that focuses on the evidence for the roles of women and men, freed from the androcentric assumptions that have shaped our thinking. She argues that a gendered archaeology is an improved archaeology...and one that makes possible a less distorted view. She draws on case studies from diverse cultures in the prehistoric past as she explores issues and topics such as division of labor, women within social systems and in the public sphere, and women and ideology, including a fascinating review of the interpretation

Author

Nelson, Sarah Milledge

Publisher

AltaMira : Oxford Publicity Partnership

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780759104952

Subjects

History, Humanities