Many Faces of Gender
Roles and Relationships Through Time in Indigenous Northern Communities
Will be published approx. on 30. December 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
978-1-55238-093-2 (ISBN)
Description
Many Faces of Gender is an interdisciplinary volume that addresses the dearth in descriptions and analyses of gender roles and relationships in Native societies in North America's boreal reaches. This collection complements existing conceptual frameworks and develops new methodological and theoretical approaches that more fully articulate the complex nature of social, economic, political, and material relationships between indigenous men and women in this region.
The contributors challenge the widespread notion that Native women's and men's roles are frozen in time, a concept precluding the possibility of differently constructed gender categories and changing power relations and roles through time. By examining the prehistorical, historical, and modern records, they demonstrate that these roles are not fixed and have indeed gradually transformed.
Many Faces of Gender is ideal for anthropologists and archaeologists interested in cross-disciplinary studies of gender, households, women, and lithics.
The contributors challenge the widespread notion that Native women's and men's roles are frozen in time, a concept precluding the possibility of differently constructed gender categories and changing power relations and roles through time. By examining the prehistorical, historical, and modern records, they demonstrate that these roles are not fixed and have indeed gradually transformed.
Many Faces of Gender is ideal for anthropologists and archaeologists interested in cross-disciplinary studies of gender, households, women, and lithics.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Calgary
Canada
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
16 line drawings, 8 black & white photos, 13 tables, 5 maps
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
381 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55238-093-2 (9781552380932)
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Person
Lisa Frink is a member of the Anthropology department at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Lisa Frink is a member of the Anthropology department at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Rita S. Shepard is co-ordinator of education outreach and a research associate at the Costen Institute of Archeology at UCLA. Gregory A. Reinhardt is professor of anthropology at the University of Indianapolis.