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Zusatztext " Gentlemen and Amazons is a compelling! complex . . . and formidably researched historical study." Informationen zum Autor Cynthia Eller is Professor of Women's Studies and Religious Studies at Montclair State University. She is the author of The Myth of Matriarchal Prehistory: Why an Invented Past Will Not Give Women a Future; Am I a Woman? A Skeptic's Guide to Gender ; and Living in the Lap of the Goddess: The Feminist Spirituality Movement in America . Klappentext "Eller is an excellent historian. She expertly lays out the development of the little known myth of matriarchal prehistory in a way that is both highly knowledgeable and readable. This is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of feminist thought and anthropology." -Rosemary Radford Ruether! author of Goddesses and the Divine Feminine "Without a doubt! this is the best introduction into the mythological jungle of modern scholarship on matriarchy. Cynthia Eller's book is not only perfectly researched! it is also intelligent and pleasantly written." -Philippe Borgeaud! author of Mother of the Gods: From Cybele to the Virgin Mary Zusammenfassung Traces the nineteenth-century genesis and development of an important contemporary myth about human origins: that of an original prehistoric matriarchy. This title explores the intellectual history of the myth, which arose from male scholars who mostly wanted to vindicate the patriarchal family model as a higher stage of human development. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Acknowledgments 1. The Travels and Travails of Matriarchal Myth 2. Amazons Everywhere: Matriarchal Myth before Bachofen 3. On the Launching Pad: J. J. Bachofen and Das Mutterrecht 4. The Matriarchal Explosion: Anthropology Finds Mother Right (and Itself) 5. Making Matriarchal Myth Work: Communists and Feminists Discover the Mother Age 6. Mother Right on the Continent 7. Struggling to Stay Alive: Anthropology and Matriarchal Myth 8. Matriarchal Myth in the Late Nineteenth Century: Why Then? Why Not Before? Notes Bibliography Index ...
