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I'm seeking papers for a session I'm organizing for SHA 2003 in
Providence on women who have taken over traditionally male roles. Any
time period or geographical focus is welcome. The session abstract is below.
Please contact me (off list) at:
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
snail mail: Carol Nickolai
325 University Museum
Department of Anthropology
33rd and Spruce Streets
Philadelphia, PA, 19104 USA
Thanks!
Carol Nickolai
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> > Session Title:
> > When Women Take Charge: Archaeology of Women in Central Roles
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> > Session Abstract:
> > Although past gender roles often appear fixed, women in all
> > settings have sometimes transgressed these roles to take on the labor, and
> > the role, of men. In both private and public institutions this has
> > frequently taken the form of a woman becoming head of a household or farm,
> > proprietor of some business, or in some other way taking charge of
> > herself and her material culture. Those women who did take on these new
> > positions faced complex sets of problems from such role
> > substitutions. This session will attempt to address some cases where women
> > have transgressed traditional gender roles to take charge, how both the
> > women and their community negotiated and understood this behavior,
> > how they reconciled the two conflicting sets of expectations, and how
> > such events are minifested in material culture and the archaeological record.
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