| Women In Human Evolution Contributor(s): Hager, Lori (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415108330 ISBN-13: 9780415108331 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 1997 Annotation: "Women in Human Evolution" challenges the traditional invisibility of women in human prehistory, rejecting the conventional relegation of women to the realm of reproduction in order to ask what "else" our female ancestors were doing. Raising key questions about both the existing archaeological evidence and the theoretical models which influence its interpretation, the contributors discuss the evolutionary models used to explain gender differences. They suggest reinterpretations of existing evidence to construct a model of human evolution which places women in a more central role. Shifting their focus to the nature of the discipline itself, they ask what impact women paleoanthropologists have had on the field's theoretical assumptions and what work remains to be done. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - General - Social Science | Archaeology - Social Science | Women's Studies |
| Dewey: 573.2 |
| LCCN: 96029128 |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6.36" W x 9.46" (1.18 lbs) 228 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume, the first of it's kind, examines the role of women paleontologists and archaeologists in a field traditionally dominated by men. Women researchers in this field, have questioned many of the assumptions and developmental scenarios advanced by male scientists. As a result of such efforts, women have forged a more central role in models of human development and have radically altered the way in which human evolution is perceived. |