Title:	Historical and Archaeological Perspectives on Gender Transformations
Authors:	Spencer, Suzanne M.
Keywords:	Historical
Issue Date:	2013
Publisher:	Springer
Description:	This edited volume examines and denaturalizes the “separate-spheres” sex/gender system that historians have identi fi ed as persisting at least from the Greek, Roman, and Christian empires into modern times in Western cultures ( Anderson and Zinsser 1988 : xiii–xiv, 96–99, 144; Donovan 2001 : 19; Matthaei 1982 : 29–31). It is important to understand the “separate-spheres” ideology, identities, roles, and practices because this sex/gender system is the deepest historical context for this volume. The dualistic ideology posits that men belong in the public sphere while women are innately inclined to engaging in private domestic pursuits (Spencer-Wood 1991a : 237). The association of women with the domestic sphere of housework, mothering, and household activities has been considered a natural extension of women’s biological roles in childbirth and breast feeding
URI:	http://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/15493
ISBN:	978-1-4614-4863-1
Appears in Collections:	Archeology and Heritage Management

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