Archaeological possibilities for feminist theories of transition and transformation Export

@article{citeulike:2466504, abstract = {Archaeology takes up material fragments from distant and recent pasts to create narratives of personal and collective identity. It is, therefore, a powerful voice shaping our current and future social worlds. Feminist theory has to date made little reference to archaeology and its projects, in part because archaeologists have primarily chosen to work with normative forms of gender theory rather than forge new theory informed by archaeological insights. This paper argues that archaeology has considerably more potential for feminist theorizing than has so far been recognized. In particular it is uniquely placed to build theory for understanding change, transition and transformation over extended time periods, a potential explored through an archaeological case study of Pacific Northwest Coast people. In conclusion, some possibilities for expanding this case study into a wider comparative perspective are sketched out. 10.1177/1464700108086361}, author = {Marshall, Yvonne}, citeulike-article-id = {2466504}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1464700108086361}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://fty.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/9/1/25}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/1464700108086361}, journal = {Feminist Theory}, keywords = {feminist, public-archaeology, theory}, month = {April}, number = {1}, pages = {25--45}, posted-at = {2009-07-11 17:23:11}, priority = {0}, title = {Archaeological possibilities for feminist theories of transition and transformation}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1464700108086361}, volume = {9}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2466504 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2466504 N2 - Archaeology takes up material fragments from distant and recent pasts to create narratives of personal and collective identity. It is, therefore, a powerful voice shaping our current and future social worlds. Feminist theory has to date made little reference to archaeology and its projects, in part because archaeologists have primarily chosen to work with normative forms of gender theory rather than forge new theory informed by archaeological insights. This paper argues that archaeology has considerably more potential for feminist theorizing than has so far been recognized. In particular it is uniquely placed to build theory for understanding change, transition and transformation over extended time periods, a potential explored through an archaeological case study of Pacific Northwest Coast people. In conclusion, some possibilities for expanding this case study into a wider comparative perspective are sketched out. 10.1177/1464700108086361 IS - 1 JF - Feminist Theory EP - 45 TI - Archaeological possibilities for feminist theories of transition and transformation VL - 9 SP - 25 KW - feminist KW - public-archaeology KW - theory AU - Marshall, Yvonne PY - 2008/04/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1464700108086361 ER -