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

Wiber, Melanie G.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0889203083 ISBN 13 : 9780889203082

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 - 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 received her Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Alberta. Her research interests include development studies, legal anthropology and gender studies. She is the author of Politics, Property and Law in the Philippine Uplands (WLU Press) and co-editor with Joep Spiertz of The Role of Law in Natural Resources Management, which is available in North America from WLU Press.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0889203083
• ISBN 13: 9780889203082
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 300
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible