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Historical and Archaeological Perspectives on Gender Transformations: From Private to Public

Historical and Archaeological Perspectives on Gender Transformations: From Private to Public

Spencer-Wood, Suzanne M.

Paperback

Series: Contributions to Global Historical Archaeology

ArchaeologyGeneral Gender Studies

ISBN10: 1489989757
ISBN13: 9781489989758
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Jan 28 2015
Pages: 430
Weight: 1.37
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
In many facets of Western culture, including archaeology, there remains a legacy of perceiving gender divisions as natural, innate, and biological in origin. This belief follows that men are naturally pre-disposed to public, intellectual pursuits, while women are innately designed to care for the home and take care of children. In the interpretation of material culture, accepted notions of gender roles are often applied to new findings: the dichotomy between the domestic sphere of women and the public sphere of men can color interpretations of new materials. In this innovative volume, the contributors focus explicitly on analyzing the materiality of historic changes in the domestic sphere around the world. Combining a global scope with great temporal depth, chapters in the volume explore how gender ideologies, identities, relationships, power dynamics, and practices were materially changed in the past, thus showing how they could be changed in the future.

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