Overview
Gender in African Prehistory provides methods and theories for delineating and discussing prehistoric gender relations and their change through time. Sites studied range from Egypt to South Africa and Ghana to Tanzania, while time periods span the Stone Age to the period just prior to colonialization.
Synopsis
Gender in African Prehistory provides methods and theories for delineating and discussing prehistoric gender relations and their change through time. Sites studied range from Egypt to South Africa and Ghana to Tanzania, while time periods span the Stone Age to the period just prior to colonialization.
Booknews
Provides methods and theories for delineating and discussing prehistoric gender relations and their changes through time. Sites studied include Egypt, South Africa, Ghana, and Tanzania, and time periods span the Stone Age to the period just prior to colonialization. Specific topics include gender and early pastoralists in East Africa, gender and craft production in West Central Ghana from 1775 to 1995, and views of gender in African prehistory from a Middle Eastern perspective. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Editorials
European Journal Of Archaeology
Gender in African Prehistory is the first attempt to focus archaeological research on this theme in Africa.Women's Studies Quarterly
Susan Kent should be commended for the bringing us the first edited volume to focus on gender in African archaeology.Gender in African Prehistory also contributes greatly to the discipline in its focus on social relations as impetus for cultural change.
— Kathryn Weedman
American Antiquity
A significant contribution to a growing body of literature on the archaeological analysis of gender roles and concepts, and a very welcome addition to the corpus of Africanist archaeological texts.Journal Of Anthropological Research
Kudos to Kent and her contributors for explicitly considering the relevance of gender to the contours of African prehistory....The spatial, temporal, and topical coverage is extremely broad, making the volume attractive to practically anyone interested in African prehistory, ethnoarchaeology or its recent colonial past.— Marcia-Anne Dobres
Antiquity
A very strong volume. The articles are interesting and challenging in their own right and, together, they become a vibrant and articulate concern with developing approaches that bring the richness out of the archaeological record without framing it within any set discourse, be it colonial or gender.— M.L. Stig Sorensen, (University of Cambridge)