“Excluded” from the past – women and “savages” in archaeology and cultural anthropology
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płeć kulturowa, mit matriarchalnyAbstract
This article deals with subject of gender and sexuality in archaeology and cultural anthropology in 19th century, which still affects archaeological interpretations of human society. Western archaeology is concerned with this matters for over three decades, while in Poland it gained only a little feedback.
Matriarchal myth was analytical tool, asserting certain status quo between women and men in society of Victorian era. The greatest freedom in western civilization was given to men, while women sexuality was screened and concerned as pathological. Devolved figure of prostitute was equated with Hottentot and inquired. Both figures were considered as example of anomaly, which could have driven to evolutionary decline. In contemporary thinking about gender one can recognize this 19th century stereotypes, which are foreclosing egress beyond the beaten track.
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