The archaeology of gender in historic America
Bibliographie
- Auteurs : Rotman Deborah L. (1967-....) ; Nassaney Michael S. ;
- Editeurs : Gainesville University Press of Florida ;
- Date d'édition : Cop. 2015
- ISBN : 978-0-8130-5132-1, 0-8130-5132-0
- Sujets : Archéologie sociale -- Massachusetts (États-Unis) -- Deerfield (Mass.), Identité sexuelle, Rôle selon le sexe, Massachusetts Deerfield
- Langue(s) : Anglais
- Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XIX-176 p.), : Ill., cartes, 24 cm
- Pays de publication : États-Unis
- Collection (notice d'ensemble) : The American Experience in Archaeological Perspective
Notes
Bibliographie p. 131-169. Index
Résumé
In this volume, gender roles and relations in Deerfield, Massachusetts, are presented to illustrate the material and spatial expressions of the dominant Anglo-European ideologies (particularly corporate families, republican motherhood, and the cult of domesticity) of each respective time period in historic America ; 'Patriarchy, colonialism, and the capitalist mode of production have shaped gender through time and across many different cultures. In historic America, gendered social relations were created, codified, and reproduced through the objects used in cultural rituals, the spatial organization of houses, the construction of village landscapes, and the institutions of society, in addition to other social, ideological, economic, and political forces. From domestic spaces to the public realm, Deborah Rotman contextualizes gender and the associated social relationships from the colonial period through the twentieth century. By exploring how individuals and families negotiated and mediated these relationships, she sheds light on how prescriptive gender categories affected those expected to follow them and examines how diverse groups responded to popular gender ideologies. Additionally, she reveals the ways gender and society influence each other, exposing how American normative notions of masculinity and femininity intersect with class, ethnicity, race, sexuality, and identity. Albeit, Rotman contends, they do not intersect in mutually supportive ways, ultimately giving rise to transformative social changes.' -- Publisher's description