Historical Archaeology of Gendered Lives

• Main Author: Rotman, Deborah (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
• Series: Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology,
• Subjects: Social sciences.; History.; Anthropology.; Archaeology.; Sociology.; Sex (Psychology).; Gender expression.; Gender identity.; Social Sciences.; History, general.; Gender Studies.

The ways in which individuals understand their roles as gendered beings and their relationships to other gendered beings is constantly pushed and pulled by forces both internal and external to the individual and the family/social/economic unit to which they belong. Gender interacts with a myriad of...

Table of Contents:

• Gender Ideologies as Complex Social Forces
• Theoretical Framework for Understanding Gender Roles and Relations
• The Village, Families, and Archaeological Assemblages in this Study
• Gendered Landscapes in Historic Deerfield
• Complex Intersection of Social Relations and the Material World
• Critical Analyses of Separate Spheres and the Role of Life Cycle in Shaping the Material World
• Through a Kaleidoscope: Gendered Lives in Deerfield, MA.