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Klein, Cecelia F. Daughter of William H. and Eleanor Pollock Ford.
( Gender in Pre-Hispanic America offers rich opportuniti...)
Gender in Pre-Hispanic America offers rich opportunities for comprehending current trends and considering future directions in research. It is unique in that it puts social theory at the forefront of the discussion. The book has a special intellectual presence and contemporary relevance in its engagement with the social lives and constructs of its authors and readers alike. The consideration of the role of gender in our daily lives, including in our professions, becomes inescapable when reading this book. It is not simply a question of men's roles having been possibly overemphasized and overstudied to the detriment of women's. The fact that genders, as opposed to sexes, are socially constructed categories focuses our attention on the ways in which these and other social constructs have shaped our present understanding of the past and informed past peoples' understand of their present. In various articles in this book, the reader will not find unanimity in what is meant by "gender" or how to go about studying it. What will be found, however, is a collection of interesting, informed, thought-provoking, and often lively essays. It is hoped that this volume will mark a stage in an evolving study of this field and provoke new research in the future.
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Klein, Cecelia F. Daughter of William H. and Eleanor Pollock Ford.
Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, New York City, 1972.
Professor Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, 1972—1976, University of California at Los Angeles, since 1976.
( Gender in Pre-Hispanic America offers rich opportuniti...)
Member of Society for Ethnohistory, Society for American Archaeology, American Anthropological Associaton, College Art Association (associate Achievement award).
Children: Stefyn Mikaela, Sacha Klein Martin.