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Representations of Gender from Prehistory to the Present
Focusing primarily on visual forms of representation, this volume brings together studies as disparate as the iconography of power in Mediterranean prehistory and clothing and cultural meaning in the First and Second World Wars. This volume is a fascinating introduction to archaeological, classical and historical study by contributors from both sides of the Atlantic.
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Representations of Gender from Prehistory to the Present
Focusing primarily on visual forms of representation, this volume brings together studies as disparate as the iconography of power in Mediterranean prehistory and clothing and cultural meaning in the First and Second World Wars. This volume is a fascinating introduction to archaeological, classical and historical study by contributors from both sides of the Atlantic.
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Representations of Gender from Prehistory to the Present

Representations of Gender from Prehistory to the Present

Representations of Gender from Prehistory to the Present
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Representations of Gender from Prehistory to the Present

Representations of Gender from Prehistory to the Present

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Focusing primarily on visual forms of representation, this volume brings together studies as disparate as the iconography of power in Mediterranean prehistory and clothing and cultural meaning in the First and Second World Wars. This volume is a fascinating introduction to archaeological, classical and historical study by contributors from both sides of the Atlantic.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780333643310
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date: 07/11/2000
Series: Studies in Gender and Material Culture Series
Edition description: 2000
Pages: 242
Product dimensions: 5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Notes on the Contributors List of Illustrations PART ONE: ENGENDERING IMAGES IN ARCHAEOLOGY Archaeology Ms.conceptions: The Iconography of Power in Mediterranean Prehistory; L.Talalay Ungendering Archaeology: Concepts of Sex and Gender in Figurine Studies in Prehistory; N.Hamilton Gender Constructs in the Material Culture of Seventh-century Anasazi Farmers in North-Eastern Arizona; K.Hays-Gilpin Shaman Images in San Rock Art: A Question of Gender; J.Stevenson PART TWO: REPRESENTING GENDER IN THE EARLY MEDITERRANEAN WORLD It's a Drag to be King: Engendering Ambiguity in Minoan Crete; L.Hitchcock Gender and Burial in Early Colonial Sicily: The Case of Morgantina; C.Lyons Satyrs and Hetaerae: Looking for Gender on Greek Vases; M.Fox Food Preparation in Ancient Greece - Representations of Gender Roles in the Literary Evidence; J.Wilkins PART THREE: GENDERED SYMBOLISM IN HISTORY Glamour and Glory: The Symbolic Imagery of Women on Paper Money; V.Hewitt The Gendering of Artistic Labour in mid-Victorian Britain; T.Barringer Posters and Images of Women in the Great War; H.Sims PART FOUR: DRESS AND GENDER IDENTITY IN MODERN HISTORY The Case of the Hidden Consumer: Men, Fashion and Luxury 1870-1914; C.Breward Dressed to Kill: Clothes, Cultural Meaning and World War I Women Munitions Workers; A.Woollacott Women under Austerity: Fashion in Britain During the 1940s; I.Zweiniger-Bargielowska Index
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