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9780807067932

The Myth of Matriarchal Prehistory

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  • ISBN13:

    9780807067932

  • ISBN10:

    0807067938

  • Format: Trade Paper
  • Copyright: 2001-04-13
  • Publisher: Beacon Press

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Summary

In this lucide and fascinating volume, Eller traces the emergence of feminist matriarchal myth, explicates its functions, and examines the evidence for and against a matriarchal prehistory. Finally, she explains why this vision of peaceful, women-centered prehistory is something feminists should be wary of.

Author Biography

Cynthia Eller is the author of LIVING IN THE LAP OF THE GODDESS (Beacon Press), a Choice Outstanding Academic Book of 1994, and of CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

Table of Contents

Meeting Matriarchy
1(9)
Popularizing the Past
10(20)
The Story They Tell
30(26)
The Eternal Feminine
56(25)
Finding Gender in Prehistory
81(12)
The Case Against Prehistoric Matriarchies I: Other Societies, Early Societies
93(23)
The Case Against Prehistoric Matriarchies II: Prehistoric Art and Architecture
116(41)
Was There a Patriarchal Revolution?
157(23)
On the Usefulness of Origin Myths
180(9)
Notes 189(44)
References 233(26)
Illustration Credits 259(2)
Acknowledgments 261(4)
Index 265

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