Copper Age transformations in gender identities. An Essay. In: J. K. Koch& W. Kirleis (eds.): Gender Transformations in Prehistoric and Archaic Societies. Sidestone Press, Leiden, pp. 205-220. ISBN: 9789088908217

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Copper Age transformations in gender identities. An Essay. In: J. K. Koch& W. Kirleis (eds.): Gender Transformations in Prehistoric and Archaic Societies. Sidestone Press, Leiden, pp. 205-220. ISBN: 9789088908217

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Reconsideration of some previous archaeological interpretations of gender may offer much more variability and freedom to our current understanding of gender identity. The perception of gender in archaeological interpretations commonly reflects our current social reality. In our Christian Western worldview, the traditional gender categories of men and women are based on biology and presume the primacy of the reproduction in human societies. Alternative social roles were judged as deviations by the biased majority. The extremely difficult position of homosexuals in 20th Century Western society was caused mainly by the lack of an appropriate and commonly recognised gender category. No surprisingly, the concept of transsexualism developed in cultures that only recognized and valued two gender categories based on biological sex while the tribes in North America and Siberia had gender categories ready for such cases. In Western society, Christian norms instigated a social neglect of homosexuals mainly due to the absence of appropriate gender categories. As archaeologists, we should change our approach to the interpretation of past societies because our current gender categories do not always correspond to those of a former reality.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Copper Age transformations in gender identities. An Essay. In: J. K. Koch& W. Kirleis (eds.): Gender Transformations in Prehistoric and Archaic Societies. Sidestone Press, Leiden, pp. 205-220. ISBN: 9789088908217

Popis výsledku anglicky

Reconsideration of some previous archaeological interpretations of gender may offer much more variability and freedom to our current understanding of gender identity. The perception of gender in archaeological interpretations commonly reflects our current social reality. In our Christian Western worldview, the traditional gender categories of men and women are based on biology and presume the primacy of the reproduction in human societies. Alternative social roles were judged as deviations by the biased majority. The extremely difficult position of homosexuals in 20th Century Western society was caused mainly by the lack of an appropriate and commonly recognised gender category. No surprisingly, the concept of transsexualism developed in cultures that only recognized and valued two gender categories based on biological sex while the tribes in North America and Siberia had gender categories ready for such cases. In Western society, Christian norms instigated a social neglect of homosexuals mainly due to the absence of appropriate gender categories. As archaeologists, we should change our approach to the interpretation of past societies because our current gender categories do not always correspond to those of a former reality.

Druh

C - Kapitola v odborné knize

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60102 - Archaeology

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2019

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název knihy nebo sborníku

Gender identity; European Copper Age; Burial rites; Ancient DNA; Gender interpretation

ISBN

978-90-8890-821-7

Počet stran výsledku

16

Strana od-do

205-220

Počet stran knihy

502

Název nakladatele

Sidestone Press Academics

Místo vydání

Leiden

Kód UT WoS kapitoly

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