Engendering Rock Art

A Companion to Rock Art

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 197-213

  Hays Gilpin, Kelley ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complicated gendered dimensions of rock art iconography, style; Cultural roles of making rock art, in shaping gender identities; De gendering rock art, stereotypes by cultural interpretation; Engendered approaches, sex categories as socially constructed; Engendering rock art; Gender and social identities, structures, work roles and kinship systems; Gender as cultural values inscribed on sex, as structuring principle in all cultures; Gender intersecting with age, ethnicity, sexuality, and work roles; Making rock art, as part of puberty rituals in several cultures; Understanding paintings and engravings of caves, with gender in mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887205993     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118253892.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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