Overview
This volume brings together the latest approaches in bioarchaeology in the study of sex and gender. Archaeologists have long used skeletal remains to identify gender. Contemporary bioarchaeologists, however, have begun to challenge the theoretical and methodological basis for sex assignment from the skeleton. Simultaneously, they have started to consider the cultural construction of the gendered body and gender roles, recognizing the body as uniquely fashioned from the interaction of biological, social, and environmental factors. As the contributors to this volume reveal, combining skeletal data with contextual information can provide a richer understanding of life in the past.
Full Product Details
Author: Sabrina C. Agarwal ,
Julie K. Wesp
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Imprint: University of New Mexico Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.40cm
, Height: 2.70cm
, Length: 23.10cm
Weight: 0.600kg
ISBN: 9780826352583
ISBN 10: 0826352588
Pages: 312
Publication Date: 30 April 2017
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
"""This text is a must read for current and aspiring bioarchaeologists who want to consider the social, cultural, and biological influences that gender and sex have had on health in the past and who want to contribute further to conceptions of gender and sex in bioarchaeological research.""--Alyson Caine, Current Anthropology"
""This text is a must read for current and aspiring bioarchaeologists who want to consider the social, cultural, and biological influences that gender and sex have had on health in the past and who want to contribute further to conceptions of gender and sex in bioarchaeological research.""--Alyson Caine, Current Anthropology
This text is a must read for current and aspiring bioarchaeologists who want to consider the social, cultural, and biological influences that gender and sex have had on health in the past and who want to contribute further to conceptions of gender and sex in bioarchaeological research. --Alyson Caine, Current Anthropology
Author Information
Sabrina C. Agarwal is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the coeditor of Bone Loss and Osteoporosis: An Anthropological Perspective and Social Bioarchaeology as well as founder and coeditor in chief of Bioarchaeology International. Julie K. Wesp is a professorial lecturer in the department of anthropology at American University. She is a contributor to New Developments in the Bioarchaeology of Care: Further Case Studies and Expanded Theory.
