Ungendering Civilization

With nine papers examining a distinct body of archaeological data<strong>Ungendering Civilization</strong> offers a much needed scrutiny of the role of women in... » 

With nine papers examining a distinct body of archaeological dataUngendering Civilization offers a much needed scrutiny of the role of women inthe evolution of states.Studying societies including Predynastic Egypt Minoan Crete ancientZimbabwe and the Maya to determine what the facts actually show thecontributors critically address traditional views of male and female roles andargue for the possibility that the root historical cause of gendersubordination is participation in modern world system rather than innatetendencies to domesticity and childrearing in women and leadership andaggression in men.With an interdisciplinary potential students of archaeology culturalstudies and gender studies will find this full of useful information. «