Erect Men Undulating Women: The Visual Imagery of Gender, "Race" and Progress in Reconstructive Illustrations of Human Evolution - Couverture rigide

Wiber, Melanie G.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0889202745 ISBN 13 : 9780889202740

Editeur : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1997

Synopsis

Based on intensive study of human origin illustrations, responses from students and colleagues and research into reconstructive illustration and feminist criticism of Western art, this ground-breaking book traces the subtle ways in which paleoanthropological conventions have influenced and have shifted in the creation of these illustrations. Wiber reveals that embedded meanings in these illustrations go beyond gender to include two other ubiquitous themes â racial superiority and upward cultural progress. Underlying all these themes, she found a basic conservatism in the paleoanthropological approach to evolutionary theory. Erect Men/Undulating Women provides a deeper understanding of popularized illustrations of human origins, but, more importantly, it encourages readers to gain a sensitivity to the ways in which Western culture constructs "scientific" findings that are compatible with its deeply held beliefs and values.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Melanie G. Wiber is a professor of anthropology at the University of New Brunswick. She has published numerous articles in legal anthropology journals; recent books include, Erect Men/Undulating Women: The Visual Imagery of Gender, "Race" and Progress in Reconstructive Illustrations of Human Evolution, and Politics, Property and Law in the Philippine Uplands, both published by Wilfrid Laurier University Press.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0889202745
• ISBN 13: 9780889202740
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 300
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible