Gender, Identities, and Material Culture in the Italic Peninsula: Burial Practices and Loom Weights in Perspective-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Gender, Identities, and Material Culture in the Italic Peninsula: Burial Practices and Loom Weights in Perspective

Published:2021-09-14 Issue:1-2 Volume:24 Page:18-35
ISSN:2163-8217
Container-title:Etruscan Studies
language:en
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Author:

Esposito Arianna¹,Pollini Airton²

Affiliation:

1. Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, UMR ARTEHIS Archéologie, Terre, Histoire, Sociétés – Centre Jean Bérard, USR 3133 CNRS/EFR France

2. Université Haute-Alsace , Mulhouse , UMR ArcHiMèdE Archéologie et Histoire de la Méditerranée et l’Europe France

Abstract

Abstract This paper discusses the complex relationship between material culture and gender studies from a methodological point of view, with the aim of contributing to discussions in the field of Classical archaeology. First, we provide a few historiographical benchmarks for key epistemological developments, while evidencing the methodological difficulties inherent in the variability of our interpretations of burial practices and data. Then, in a second section, a case study focuses on simple objects of daily life. Discussing approaches inspired by gender studies, and considering the place of loom weights, we wish to tackle the presumption of textile work as an eminently female activity. The aim of this paper is to suggest a more nuanced and fluid approach to gender in relation to material culture.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Link

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/etst-2020-0011/pdf

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