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Reshaping Gendered Narratives: Reinterpreting Female Art, Identity and Social Change in the Late Nordic Bronze Age.
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Norwegian Archaeological Review . Jun2024, Vol. 57 Issue 1, p1-18. 18p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- This paper explores the changes to art on artefacts attributed to females in the Late Nordic Bronze Age (ca. 1100–500 BC) from a gender critical, feminist perspective. Traditionally, Scandinavian research has focussed on the art of male artefacts, which is believed to represent a cosmological narrative, whilst female art has been considered devoid of cosmological motifs – concomitantly, it is often assumed that prominent social standing was reserved males. Through analytical discussion, the paper shows how the same motifs as are considered cosmological in male objects can be found on female objects, too, in compositions diverging from the male use, suggesting a gender differentiated use of art and association to cosmology. Through a gender theoretical lens, the paper explores what the social use of the art on these objects may suggest regarding identity and power relations in society, linking up with a reconfiguration of female identity at this time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00293652
- Volume :
- 57
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Norwegian Archaeological Review
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 178838023
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00293652.2023.2298445