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LEADER: 03473cam a2200469 i 4500
001 2014026769
003 DLC
005 20150513083533.0
008 140930s2014 caua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014026769
020 $a9781611329469 (hardback)
020 $a9781611329476 (paperback)
020 $z9781611329483 (institutional ebook)
020 $z9781611327649 (consumer ebook)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $aae-----
050 00 $aCC72.4$b.N457 2014
082 00 $a930.1082$223
084 $aSOC003000$aSOC010000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aNelson, Sarah M.,$d1931-
245 10 $aShamans, queens, and figurines :$bthe development of gender archaeology /$cSarah Milledge Nelson.
264 1 $aWalnut Creek, California :$bLeft Coast Press, Inc.,$c2014.
300 $a286 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 2 $a"Sarah Nelson, recognized as one of the key figures in studying gender in the ancient world and women in archaeology, brings together much of the work she has done over three decades into a single volume. The book covers her theoretical contributions, her extensive studies of gender in the archaeology of East Asia, and her literary work on the subject. Included with the selections of her writing--taken from diverse articles and books published in a variety of places--is an illuminating commentary about the development of her professional and personal understanding of how gender plays out in ancient societies and modern universities and her current thinking on both topics"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 251-275) and index.
505 0 $aPart I. Introduction: Learning the Field and Breaking Taboos -- Part II. Social Archaeology Gives Birth to Gender Archaeology -- Part III. Figurines and Equity Issues : Measuring Gender -- Diversity of the Upper Paleolithic "Venus" Figurines and Archeological Mythology -- Equity Issues for Women in Archaeology : Conclusion (with Margaret Nelson) -- Part IV. Queens : Women Wielding Power -- The Statuses of Women in Ko-Shilla : Evidence from Archaeology and Historic Documents -- Performing Power in Early China : Examples from the Shang Dynasty and the Hongshan Culture -- Part V. Gender in Archaeology Spreads -- The "Goddess Temple" and the Status of Women at Niuheliang, China -- Feminist Theory, Leadership, and the Spirits of States in East Asia -- Part VI. Perspectives from China -- Ideology and the Formation of an Early State in Northeast China -- Part VII. Shamans and Ideology -- Feasting the Ancestors in Early China -- What Is a Shaman? -- Part VIII. Archaeological Stories -- Spirit Bird Journey : Selections -- Jade Dragon : Selections -- The Jade Phoenix : Selections -- Afterword -- A Perspective from East Asia on Periodizations in Archaeology.
650 0 $aFeminist archaeology.
650 0 $aSocial archaeology.
650 0 $aWomen$xHistory$yTo 500.
650 0 $aSex role$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aQueens$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aWomen shamans$xHistory$yTo 1500.
651 0 $aEast Asia$xAntiquities.
650 0 $aWomen archaeologists.
650 0 $aArchaeology$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aArchaeology$vFiction.
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory.$2bisacsh