Format:
Online-Ressource (225 p)
ISBN:
9780415171793
Content:
Power relations among humans have likely been a topic of interest since long before any historical claims to its nature were proffered. This book recognizes that power and gender may be rooted in the experience of power in western society
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Manifesting Power: Gender and the Interpretation of Power in Archaeology; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Exploring power through gender; 1. A resort to subtler contrivances; 2. Egalitarianism, equality, and equitable power; 3. Women leaders in native North American societies: invisible women of power; 4. Gender, power, and heterarchy in middle-level societies; Part II: Ideology and the negotiation of power; 5. Writing on the face of the moon: women's products, archetypes, and power in ancient Maya civilization
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6. The metamorphosis of Xochiquetzal: a window on womanhood in pre-and post-conquest MexicoPart III: Manifesting power through material culture; 7. Artels and identities: gender, power, and Russian America; 8. Gender, space, people, and power at Cerén, E1 Salvador; Part IV: Discussions; 9. Gendering power; 10. Rethinking gender and power; 11. Repudiating witchcraft; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780203165218
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415171793
Additional Edition:
Print version Manifesting Power : Gender and the Interpretation of Power in Archaeology
Language:
English
Keywords:
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