Gender and Material Culture in Archaeological Perspective

Download or read book Gender and Material Culture in Archaeological Perspective written by M. Donald and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2000-07-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Material culture, the substance of much archaeological research, has only recently been studied as evidence of gender relations. Case studies, drawn from many different periods and areas, develop concepts and theories as diverse as the social context of production and artefact use to the construction of food as a gendered social medium. The international contributors critique traditional approaches and consider feminist and non-heterosexual gender perspectives.