Gender and Chinese Archaeology

Häftad, Engelska, 2004

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Beskrivning

The roles of women in Chinese archaeology, with only a few exceptions, have at worst been overlooked, and at best consigned to conventional Marxist theory that prescribes formulaic frameworks for understanding gender—until now. Renowned archaeologist Katheryn M. Linduff and fellow researcher Yan Sun have brought together a fascinating collection that reexamines gender in ancient Chinese cultures. Acknowledging and negotiating the complications that challenge their efforts, the authors analyze and begin to reconstruct the roles of women in various regions of China from the late Neolithic to the early Empire period. Topics range from mortuary ritual, social status and structures of power, economic influences on cultural practice, textile production, and art in these early Chinese societies. This book is a must for students, professors, and practitioners of archaeology that seek a more complete examination of the archaeological record, for scholars in the fields of Asian Studies, Art History, and Chinese History more generally, as well as for those interested in the roles of women in ancient Chinese society.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2004-07-15
Mått:229 x 154 x 25 mm
Vikt:653 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Gender and Archaeology
Antal sidor:384
Förlag:AltaMira Press
ISBN:9780759104099

Utforska kategorier

Arkeologi inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Katheryn M. Linduff is in the departments of art history and anthropology at University of Pittsburgh. Yan Sun is in the department of Visual Arts at Gettysburg College

Recensioner i media

Gender and Chinese Archaeology is the first book to consider gender in the archaeological record of China. Linduff and Sun have assembled a group of China specialists who read the primary literature in Chinese archaeology and apply sophisticated analyses of gender to artifacts and sites. The chapters range from Neolithic sites to the Han Dynasty. Far from showing a monolithic disregard of women in early China, this book reveals many different gender roles and ideologies. The variation in gender in these times and places, depending sometimes on class or age or other attributes, is one of the important messages of the book.

Innehållsförteckning

Part 1 ForewordPart 2 Introduction: Gender and Chinese ArchaeologyPart 3 PART I: THE NEOLITHIC PERIODChapter 4 Chapter 1: Marxist and Post-Marxist Paradigms for the NeolothicChapter 5 Chapter 2: Mortuary Ritual in Northwestern ChinaChapter 6 Chapter 3: The Late Neolithic Cemetery at Dadianzi, Inner Mongolia Autonomous RegionPart 7 PART II: SHANG DYNASTIC PERIODChapter 8 Chapter 4: Queens and Royal Ladies at AnyangPart 9 PART III: ZHOU DYNASTIC PERIODChapter 10 Chapter 5: Ritual Practice, Status, and Gender Identity: Western Zhou at BaojiChapter 11 Chapter 6: Gender Differentiation in Jin State Jade RegulationsChapter 12 Chapter 7: Gender, Status, Ritual Regulations, and Mortuary Practice in the State of JinChapter 13 Chapter 8: Female and Male Status Displayed at the Maoqinggou CemeteryChapter 14 Chapter 9: Gender and Kinship in Burial Practice at the Pinyang SitePart 15 PART IV: HAN-DATE PERIODChapter 16 Chapter 10: Female Divinities in Han Dynasty RepresentationChapter 17 Chapter 11: Figures Horsemen in the Dian Culture of YunnanChapter 18 Chapter 12: Textile Production and Female Status in Bronze Age YunnanPart 19 GlossaryPart 20 BibliographyPart 21 IndexPart 22 About the Contributors

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