Sacred Queens and Women of Consequence

Sacred Queens and Women of Consequence
Title Sacred Queens and Women of Consequence PDF eBook
Author Jocelyn Linnekin
Publisher University of Michigan Press
Pages 306
Release 1990
Genre History
ISBN 9780472064236

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A study of Hawaiian women's cultural valuation and social position in the first century of Western contact

Gender in Archaeology

Gender in Archaeology
Title Gender in Archaeology PDF eBook
Author Sarah M. Nelson
Publisher Rowman Altamira
Pages 240
Release 2004
Genre Social Science
ISBN 9780759104969

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'Gender in Archaeology' provides a feminist theoretical synthesis of the flood of archaeological work on gender. The author examines the roles of women & men in areas as human origins, the sexual division of labour, kinship & other social formations.

Daughters of Time

Daughters of Time
Title Daughters of Time PDF eBook
Author Mary Kinnear
Publisher University of Michigan Press
Pages 244
Release 1982
Genre History
ISBN 9780472080298

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A history of women in the Western world

Our Sisters' Promised Land

Our Sisters' Promised Land
Title Our Sisters' Promised Land PDF eBook
Author Ayala Emmett
Publisher University of Michigan Press
Pages 303
Release 2010-05-18
Genre Social Science
ISBN 0472024973

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In this powerful and timely book, Ayala H. Emmett examines the political roles of women in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Emmett's insights come from numerous trips to the region that included in-depth interviews with many of the participants. Excerpts from the interviews give voice to the women who played vitally important yet often overlooked roles in the political transformations of the contemporary Middle East. Emmett's observations on women's actions in political venues have global implications, transcending the specific political and social contexts of the region and shedding light on both the strengths of female activism and the resistances of male political institutions. Emmett investigates the successes and failures of women in the Israeli political landscape, particularly the harassment experienced during the leadership of Right and ultra-Right groups before the ascension to office of the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Her account of women's activism in Israel provides a rich backdrop for viewing the compelling events that have taken place in the Middle East throughout the 1990s and offer insights into the future of women's political activism, both in the ever-changing Israeli political climate and in the broader world of women in politics. "Brilliant in conception and theory, based on superb fieldwork, and clearly written for both specialist and non-specialist reader." --Maurie Sacks, Montclair State University "A groundbreaking study. . . .Ayala Emmett brings an unusual voice of clarity into the muddled politics of the Middle East. Where most studies ignore or marginalize women's role in the peace process, Emmett highlights women as political actors and shows their capacity to bridge the chasm between two hostile peoples." --Cynthia Saltzman, Rutgers University, Camden Ayala Emmett is Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Rochester.

Marriage, Class, and Colour in Nineteenth-century Cuba

Marriage, Class, and Colour in Nineteenth-century Cuba
Title Marriage, Class, and Colour in Nineteenth-century Cuba PDF eBook
Author Verena Stolcke
Publisher University of Michigan Press
Pages 228
Release 1989
Genre Family & Relationships
ISBN 9780472064052

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A study of marriage patterns in 19th-century Cuba

Dignity

Dignity
Title Dignity PDF eBook
Author Fran Leeper Buss
Publisher University of Michigan Press
Pages 308
Release 1985
Genre Social Science
ISBN 9780472063574

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Buss has compiled the stories of 10 lower-income women, told in their own words

Shamanism and the Origin of States

Shamanism and the Origin of States
Title Shamanism and the Origin of States PDF eBook
Author Sarah Milledge Nelson
Publisher Routledge
Pages 280
Release 2019-07-23
Genre Social Science
ISBN 1315420279

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Sarah Milledge Nelson’s bold thesis is that the development of states in East Asia—China, Japan, Korea—was an outgrowth of the leadership in smaller communities guided by shamans. Using a mixture of historical documents, mythology, archaeological data, and ethnographic studies of contemporary shamans, she builds a case for shamans being the driving force behind the blossoming of complex societies. More interesting, shamans in East Asia are generally women, who used their access to the spirit world to take leadership roles. This work challenges traditional interpretations growth of Asian states, which is overlaid with later Confucian notions of gender roles. Written at a level accessible for undergraduates, this concise work will be fascinating reading for those interested in East Asian archaeology, politics, and society; in gender roles, and in shamanism.