"Now updated, Mascia-Lees and Black continue to expertly trace how anthropologists have used different theoretical orientations to examine the nature and determinants of gender roles and gender inequality. From the nineteenth century on, anthropologists have used different theor…
"This book examines how Pompeian peristyle gardens were utilized to represent the socioeconomic status of Roman homeowners, introducing fresh perspectives on how these spaces were designed, used, and perceived. Pompeian Peristyle Gardens provides a novel understanding of how the…
"The social structure of contemporary Korea contains strong echoes of the hierarchical principle governing stratification in the Choson dynasty (1392-1910): namely, the overriding place of status, as determined by birth and enhanced by one's position in the bureaucracy. At the b…
"The social structure of contemporary Korea contains strong echoes of the hierarchical principle governing stratification in the Choson dynasty (1392-1910): namely, the overriding place of status, as determined by birth and enhanced by one's position in the bureaucracy. At the b…
The killing fields of inequality
Looks at the increasing abundance of status in our society and considers its effects, including the tendency to split into ever more specific groups to enhance status.
Draws on funerary remains, tomb paintings, architecture and textual evidence to explore all aspects of women in Egypt from goddesses and queens to women as the vessels of creation.
Draws on funerary remains, tomb paintings, architecture and textual evidence to explore all aspects of women in Egypt from goddesses and queens to women as the vessels of creation.
