| Black Feminist Archaeology Contributor(s): Battle-Baptiste, Whitney (Author) |
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ISBN: 1598743783 ISBN-13: 9781598743784 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $180.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Archaeology - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory |
| Dewey: 930.108 |
| LCCN: 2011017041 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (1.05 lbs) 200 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Black feminist thought has developed in various parts of the academy for over three decades, but has made only minor inroads into archaeological theory and practice. Whitney Battle-Baptiste outlines the basic tenets of Black feminist thought and research for archaeologists and shows how it can be used to improve contemporary historical archaeology. She demonstrates this using Andrew Jackson's Hermitage, the W. E. B. Du Bois Homesite in Massachusetts, and the Lucy Foster house in Andover, which represented the first archaeological excavation of an African American home. Her call for an archaeology more sensitive to questions of race and gender is an important development for the field. |
