Gender and Material Culture in Historical Perspective (Studies in Gender and Material Culture) - Hardcover

Moira Donald,Linda Hurcombe

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312223994 ISBN 13: 9780312223991

Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan, 1822

Synopsis

Material culture is not a subject which has to date attracted much attention from historians, whose usual source material is the written word. This volume shows just how illuminating the study of artifacts, and documentation concerning the acquisition and meaning of artifacts can be for the study of history in any period. Ranging from the use of clothing as votive offerings in ancient Greece to the function of reproductive technology in the 20th century, the scope of this volume is excitingly dismissive of traditional chronologies and disciplinary boundaries. Gender historians will not be surprised to find the historical meaning of many artifacts to be permeated by gender difference.

About this title

About the Author:

Moira Donald is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Exeter.

Linda Hurcombe is Lecturer in Prehistory at the University of Exeter.

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Publication date: 1822
• ISBN 10: 0312223994
• ISBN 13: 9780312223991
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 275