Beschreibung:
This volume uses bioarchaeological remains to examine the complexities and diversity of past socio-sexual lives. This book does not begin with the presumption that certain aspects of sex, gender, and sexuality are universal and longstanding. Rather, the case studies within¿extend from Neolithic Europe to pre-Columbian Mesoamerica to the nineteenth-century United States¿highlight the importance of culturally and historically contextualizing socio-sexual beliefs and practices.
Uses innovative social theorizing from feminist and queer studies to draw inferences from bioarchaeological data
Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The Corpus.- Chapter 3: Common Sense and Queer Matter.- Chapter 4: "Grave News, Romance is Dead".- Chapter 5: Labor Codes.- Chapter 6: "She Gives Birth".- Chapter 7: Brave Old World.