Archaeological possibilities for feminist theories of transition and transformation
Archaeological possibilities for feminist theories of transition and transformation
Archaeology takes up material fragments from distant and
recent pasts to create narratives of personal and collective identity. It is, therefore, a powerful voice shaping our current and future social worlds. Feminist theory has to date made little reference to archaeology and its projects, in part because archaeologists have primarily chosen to work with normative forms of gender theory rather than forge new theory informed by archaeological insights. This paper argues that archaeology has considerably more potential for feminist theorizing than has so far been recognized. In particular it is uniquely placed to build theory for understanding change, transition and transformation
over extended time periods, a potential explored through an
archaeological case study of Pacific Northwest Coast people. In
conclusion, some possibilities for expanding this case study into a wider comparative perspective are sketched out
archaeological theory, feminist archaeology, gender
archaeology, gender norms and practices, northwest coast archaeology, performativity
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Marshall, Yvonne
98cd3726-90d1-4e6f-9669-07b4c08ff1df
April 2008
Marshall, Yvonne
98cd3726-90d1-4e6f-9669-07b4c08ff1df
Marshall, Yvonne
(2008)
Archaeological possibilities for feminist theories of transition and transformation.
Feminist Theory, 9 (1), .
(doi:10.1177/1464700108086361).
Abstract
Archaeology takes up material fragments from distant and
recent pasts to create narratives of personal and collective identity. It is, therefore, a powerful voice shaping our current and future social worlds. Feminist theory has to date made little reference to archaeology and its projects, in part because archaeologists have primarily chosen to work with normative forms of gender theory rather than forge new theory informed by archaeological insights. This paper argues that archaeology has considerably more potential for feminist theorizing than has so far been recognized. In particular it is uniquely placed to build theory for understanding change, transition and transformation
over extended time periods, a potential explored through an
archaeological case study of Pacific Northwest Coast people. In
conclusion, some possibilities for expanding this case study into a wider comparative perspective are sketched out
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Published date: April 2008
Keywords:
archaeological theory, feminist archaeology, gender
archaeology, gender norms and practices, northwest coast archaeology, performativity
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