Studying Gender in the Ancient Near East

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This volume explores how the interpretation of material from the ancient Near East is enriched through the application of diverse methodological and theoretical approaches to studying gender. The contributors to this collection include both established and up-and-coming scholars whose work brings gender studies theories—from Butler’s theory of gender as a performance to more recent theories that consider gender as a spectrum—to bear on varied materials and contexts. Their essays increase the visibility of women in ancient history, untangle constructions of masculinity and femininity in diverse contexts, and grapple with big-picture questions, such as the suitability of applying third-wave or postfeminist theories to the ancient Near East. Studying Gender in the Ancient Near East points to a need for—and provides a model of—a more productive agenda for gender studies in furthering our understanding of ancient Near Eastern societies. In addition to the editors, the contributors are Julia M. Asher-Greve, Stephanie Lynn Budin, Megan Cifarelli, M. Érica Couto-Ferreira, Amy Rebecca Gansell, Katrien De Graef, Amélie Kuhrt, Stephanie M. Langin-Hooper, Brigitte Lion, Natalie N. May, Beth Alpert Nakhai, Martti Nissinen, Omar N’Shea, María Rosa Oliver, Frances Pinnock, Eleonora Ravenna, Allison Karmel Thomason, Luciana Urbano, Niek Veldhuis, and Ilona Zsolnay.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2018-07-02
Mått178 x 254 x 43 mm
Vikt1 225 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieRencontre Assyriologique Internationale
Antal sidor520
FörlagPennsylvania State University Press
ISBN9781575067704

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Acknowledgments Abbreviations Theoretical Approaches, Gender, and the Ancient Near East: An Introduction Agnès Garcia-Ventura and Saana SvärdFrom La Femme to Multiple Sex/Gender Julia M. Asher-GreveGender in the Tale of Aqhat Stephanie Lynn BudinGender, Personal Adornment, and Costly Signaling in the Iron Age Burials of Hasanlu, Iran Megan CifarelliWhen Women Get Ill: Gendered Constructions of Health and Disease in Cuneiform Texts on Healing M. Érica Couto-Ferreira Puppets on a String? On Female Agency in Old Babylonian EconomyKatrien de Graef In Pursuit of Neo-Assyrian Queens: An Interdisciplinary Methodology for Researching Ancient Women and Engendering Ancient History Amy Rebecca GansellPostfeminism and Assyriology: An (Im)possible Relationship? Agnès Garcia-VenturaGender Experiments in Hellenistic Babylonian Figurines Stephanie M. Langin-HooperGender and Methodology in the Study of 2nd-Millennium B.C.E. Family Archives Brigitte LionNeo-Assyrian Women, Their Visibility, and Their Representation in Written and Pictorial Sources Natalie N. MayFactors Complicating the Reconstruction of Women’s Lives in Iron Age Israel (1200–587 B.C.E.) Beth Alpert NakhaiEmpire of the Surveilling Gaze: The Masculinity of King SennacheribOmar N’SheaRethinking Gender Relationships in a Sociopolitical Context during the Time of Zimri-LimMaría Rosa Oliver and Eleonora RavennaBuilding Up a History of Art of the Ancient Near East: The Case of Ebla and the Third-Millennium b.c.e. Court LadiesFrances Pinnock(Re)constructing the Image of the Assinnu Saana Svärd and Martti NissinenAfter “Profits”: Methodological and Historiographic Remarks on the Study of Women, Textiles, and Economy in the Ancient Near EastAllison Karmel ThomasonMarriage Policy in Mari: A Field of Power between Domination and ResistanceLuciana UrbanoGender Studies and Assyriology: Expectations of an OutsiderNiek VeldhuisAnalyzing Constructs: A Selection of Perils, Pitfalls, and Progressions in Interrogating Ancient Near Eastern Gender Ilona ZsolnayGender and Methodology in the Ancient Near East: Final Thoughts Amélie KuhrtContributorsIndex of Authors

“This volume succeeds in the editors’ broad goal of moving gender studies in the ANE forward. The editors deserve praise for organizing the workshops that led to this volume and publishing a collection of strong papers written by such a diverse group of scholars. One can only hope that the tools offered here will be adopted broadly and not only by researchers—most of them women—with a specific interest in gender issues.”—Jennie Ebeling Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies