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This volume uses bioarchaeological remains to examine the
complexities and diversity of past socio-sexual lives. This book
does not begin with the presumption that certain aspects of sex,
gender, and sexuality are universal and longstanding. Rather, the
case studies within-extend from Neolithic Europe to pre-Columbian
Mesoamerica to the nineteenth-century United States-highlight the
importance of culturally and historically contextualizing
socio-sexual beliefs and practices. The Bioarchaeology of
Socio-Sexual Lives highlights a major shortcoming in many scholarly
and popular presentations of past socio-sexual lives. They reveal
little about the ancient or historic group under study and much
about Western society's modern state of heteronormative affairs. To
interrogate commonsensical thinking about socio-sexual identities
and interactions, this volume draws from critical feminist and
queer studies. Reciprocally, bioarchaeological studies extend
social theorizing about sex, gender, and sexuality that emphasizes
the modern, conceptual, and discursive. Ultimately, The
Bioarchaeology of Socio-Sexual Lives invites readers to think more
deeply about humanity's diversity, the naturalization of culture,
and the past's presentation in mass-media communications.
This volume uses bioarchaeological remains to examine the
complexities and diversity of past socio-sexual lives. This book
does not begin with the presumption that certain aspects of sex,
gender, and sexuality are universal and longstanding. Rather, the
case studies within-extend from Neolithic Europe to pre-Columbian
Mesoamerica to the nineteenth-century United States-highlight the
importance of culturally and historically contextualizing
socio-sexual beliefs and practices. The Bioarchaeology of
Socio-Sexual Lives highlights a major shortcoming in many scholarly
and popular presentations of past socio-sexual lives. They reveal
little about the ancient or historic group under study and much
about Western society's modern state of heteronormative affairs. To
interrogate commonsensical thinking about socio-sexual identities
and interactions, this volume draws from critical feminist and
queer studies. Reciprocally, bioarchaeological studies extend
social theorizing about sex, gender, and sexuality that emphasizes
the modern, conceptual, and discursive. Ultimately, The
Bioarchaeology of Socio-Sexual Lives invites readers to think more
deeply about humanity's diversity, the naturalization of culture,
and the past's presentation in mass-media communications.
Bringing together distinguished scholars and original voices from
anthropology's diverse subfields, Feminist Anthropology: Past,
Present, and Future probes critical issues in the study of gender,
sex, and sexuality. Contributors offer significant reflections on
feminist anthropology's winding trajectory. In so doing, they
examine what it means to practice feminist anthropology today, at a
time when the field is perceived as fragmented and contentious. By
uniting around shared feminist concerns, Feminist Anthropology
establishes a common ground for varied practitioners. A holistic
perspective allows for effective and creative dialogue on such
issues as performativity, pedagogy, heteronormativity, difference,
and identity. In addition, the volume provides a vital assessment
of the history and current state of feminist theorizing within the
discipline as a whole by identifying three issues central to future
feminist analyses: the critical reenvisioning of old
interpretations, the political and practical aspects of the
academy, and the critique of heteronormativity. Throughout the
volume, these topics are explored, deconstructed, and transformed.
The enduring contribution of Feminist Anthropology book lies in its
contributors' efforts to place their work within the larger context
of social theory, while acknowledging and focusing on the realities
of anthropological practice and politics.
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