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The Archaeology of Institutional Life (Paperback): April M. Beisaw, James G. Gibb The Archaeology of Institutional Life (Paperback)
April M. Beisaw, James G. Gibb; Contributions by Sherene Baugher, Eleanor Conlin Casella, James G. Gibb, …
R1,121 R929 Discovery Miles 9 290 Save R192 (17%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Institutions pervade social life. They express community goals and values by defining the limits of socially acceptable behavior. Institutions are often vested with the resources, authority, and power to enforce the orthodoxy of their time. But institutions are also arenas in which both orthodoxies and authority can be contested. Between power and opposition lies the individual experience of the institutionalized. Whether in a boarding school, hospital, prison, almshouse, commune, or asylum, their experiences can reflect the positive impact of an institution or its greatest failings. This interplay of orthodoxy, authority, opposition, and individual experience are all expressed in the materiality of institutions and are eminently subject to archaeological investigation. A few archaeological and historical publications, in widely scattered venues, have examined individual institutional sites. Each work focused on the development of a specific establishment within its narrowly defined historical context; e.g., a fort and its role in a particular war, a schoolhouse viewed in terms of the educational history of its region, an asylum or prison seen as an expression of the prevailing attitudes toward the mentally ill and sociopaths. In contrast, this volume brings together twelve contributors whose research on a broad range of social institutions taken in tandem now illuminates the experience of these institutions. Rather than a culmination of research on institutions, it is a landmark work that will instigate vigorous and wide-ranging discussions on institutions in Western life, and the power of material culture to both enforce and negate cultural norms.

The Alderley Sandhills Project - An Archaeology of Community Life in (Post-) Industrial England (Paperback): Eleanor Conlin... The Alderley Sandhills Project - An Archaeology of Community Life in (Post-) Industrial England (Paperback)
Eleanor Conlin Casella, Sarah K. Croucher; Index compiled by Alan Rutter
R620 Discovery Miles 6 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

How did the rise of consumer society impact the domestic lives of ordinary workers? Funded by English Heritage, this study offers the first book-length archaeology of a 17th through 20th century household site in Great Britain. Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach, the volume situates the results of traditional archaeological excavations within a broader spectrum of archival sources, family photographs and personal memories of former site residents to consider the dramatic influences of industrialization and subsequent de-industrialisation on the material world of a rural community in the North-West of England. Organised as a series of thematic chapters, the book emphasizes the social nature of household archaeology, drawing the reader from excavated artifacts into domestic spaces, historic events, community identities, and family memories. It will be of interest to a wide range of scholars and students, in addition to those interested in local history, archaeology, and family genealogies. -- .

The Archaeology of Colonialism - Intimate Encounters and Sexual Effects (Hardcover): Barbara L. Voss, Eleanor Conlin Casella The Archaeology of Colonialism - Intimate Encounters and Sexual Effects (Hardcover)
Barbara L. Voss, Eleanor Conlin Casella
R2,873 Discovery Miles 28 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume examines human sexuality as an intrinsic element in the interpretation of complex colonial societies. While archaeological studies of the historic past have explored the dynamics of European colonialism, such work has largely ignored broader issues of sexuality, embodiment, commemoration, reproduction, and sensuality. Recently, however, scholars have begun to recognize these issues as essential components of colonization and imperialism. This book explores a variety of case studies, revealing the multifaceted intersections of colonialism and sexuality. Incorporating work that ranges from Phoenician diasporic communities of the eighth century to Britain's nineteenth-century Australian penal colonies to the contemporary maroon community of Brazil, this volume changes the way we understand the relationship between sexuality and colonial history.

The Archaeology of Colonialism - Intimate Encounters and Sexual Effects (Paperback): Barbara L. Voss, Eleanor Conlin Casella The Archaeology of Colonialism - Intimate Encounters and Sexual Effects (Paperback)
Barbara L. Voss, Eleanor Conlin Casella
R1,230 Discovery Miles 12 300 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume examines human sexuality as an intrinsic element in the interpretation of complex colonial societies. While archaeological studies of the historic past have explored the dynamics of European colonialism, such work has largely ignored broader issues of sexuality, embodiment, commemoration, reproduction, and sensuality. Recently, however, scholars have begun to recognize these issues as essential components of colonization and imperialism. This book explores a variety of case studies, revealing the multifaceted intersections of colonialism and sexuality. Incorporating work that ranges from Phoenician diasporic communities of the eighth century to Britain's nineteenth-century Australian penal colonies to the contemporary maroon community of Brazil, this volume changes the way we understand the relationship between sexuality and colonial history.

The Archaeology of Institutional Confinement (Paperback, New): Eleanor Conlin Casella The Archaeology of Institutional Confinement (Paperback, New)
Eleanor Conlin Casella; Series edited by Michael S. Nassaney
R859 R777 Discovery Miles 7 770 Save R82 (10%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The study of American institutional confinement, its presumed successes, failures, and controversies, is incomplete without examining the remnants of relevant sites no longer standing. Asking what archaeological perspectives add to the understanding of such a provocative topic, Eleanor Conlin Casella describes multiple sites and identifies three distinct categories of confinement: places for punishment, for asylum, and for exile. Her discussion encompasses the multifunctional shelters of the colonial era, Civil War prison camps, Japanese-American relocation centers, and the maximum-security detention facilities of the twenty-first century. Her analysis of the material world of confinement takes into account architecture and landscape, food, medicinal resources, clothing, recreation, human remains, and personal goods. Casella exposes the diversity of power relations that structure many of America's confinement institutions. Weaving together themes of punishment, involuntary labor, personal dignity, and social identity, ""The Archaeology of Institutional Confinement"" tells a profound story of endurance in one slice of society. It will illuminate and change contemporary notions of gender, race, class, infirmity, deviance, and antisocial behavior.

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