Identity and Subsistence - Gender Strategies for Archaeology

InIdentity and Subsistence, a number of scholars look at how the idea of gender has worked with respect to the formation of the self, ideas of femininity and masculinity, human evolution, and the development of early agrarian and pastoralist societies.

List of contents

1 Introduction 2 The Prism of Self: Gender and Personhood 3 Sexuality in Archaeology 4 Archaeology, Men, and Masculinities 5 The Archaeology of Nonbinary Genders in Native North American Societies 6 Gender and Human Evolution 7 Gender Dynamics in Hunter-Gatherer Society: Archaeological Methods and Perspectives 8 Gender and Early Farming Societies 9 Women, Gender, and Pastoralism

About the author

Sarah Milledge Nelson is John Evans Professor of Archaeology at the University of Denver in the anthropology department and director of Asian studies.

Summary

InIdentity and Subsistence, a number of scholars look at how the idea of gender has worked with respect to the formation of the self, ideas of femininity and masculinity, human evolution, and the development of early agrarian and pastoralist societies.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Milledge Nelson, Sarah Milledge (EDT) Nelson
• Assisted by: Sarah Milledge Nelson (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.08.2007
• EAN: 9780759111141
• ISBN: 978-0-7591-1114-1
• No. of pages: 269
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Gender and Archaeology (Hardco; Gender and Archaeology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)