| Gentlemen and Amazons: The Myth of Matriarchal Prehistory, 1861-1900 Contributor(s): Eller, Cynthia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520266765 ISBN-13: 9780520266766 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $34.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Family & Relationships - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology - Social Science | Gender Studies |
| Dewey: 306.859 |
| LCCN: 2010038919 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.80 lbs) 290 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Gentlemen and Amazons traces the nineteenth-century genesis and development of an important contemporary myth about human origins: that of an original prehistoric matriarchy. Cynthia Eller explores the intellectual history of the myth, which arose from male scholars who mostly wanted to vindicate the patriarchal family model as a higher stage of human development. Eller tells the stories these men told, analyzes the gendered assumptions they made, and provides the necessary context for understanding how feminists of the 1970s and 1980s embraced as historical "fact" a discredited nineteenth-century idea. |
