This volume demonstrates how archaeological data viewed through the lens of gender studies can lead researchers to question and reformulate current models of ho

Contemporary struggles over the ordering of sexual and parental relationships take place in the context of recession and mass unemployment; ethnic differentiati

Were men the only hunters and producers of tools, art and innovation in prehistory? Were women the only gatherers, home-bound breeders and caregivers? Are all p

Provides timely comparative analysis from internationally known contributors.

Just as every society has an economic and political structure, so too every society has a gender structure. Barbara Risman's original research on single fathers