Gender, Households, and Society: Unraveling the Threads of the Past and the Present

Robin, Cynthia; Brumfiel, Elizabeth M.

This volume demonstrates how archaeological data viewed through the lens of gender studies can lead researchers to question and reformulate current models of household organization, subsistence and craft production, ritual performance, and the structure of ancient states.

• Challenges existing models of prehistoric society that assume the existence of rigidly binary gender systems
• Part of the Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association Series

Details

Published by: Wiley-Blackwell

Publication Date: 2010-03-15

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781444334036

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Dimensions: 279.9cm x217.2cm

Pages: 124.0