Marija Gimbutas
This book is a biography and reception history of the Lithuanian–American archaeologist Marija Gimbutas (1921–1994). It presents the first transnational account of Gimbutas’ life based on historical research, and an original examination of the impact of her ideas in various feminist contexts, both a...
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| author | Navickaitė, Rasa |
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| description | This book is a biography and reception history of the Lithuanian–American archaeologist Marija Gimbutas (1921–1994). It presents the first transnational account of Gimbutas’ life based on historical research, and an original examination of the impact of her ideas in various feminist contexts, both academic and popular. At the core of this book is a success story of an Eastern European woman who survived both Soviet and Nazi occupations of her homeland, lived as a displaced person in postwar Germany, and built her career and scholarly authority within the androcentric American academia. At the same time, it is also a story of a controversy, which followed Gimbutas’ theory of Old Europe – a prehistoric civilization, characterized by peacefulness, egalitarianism, women’s leadership, and the worship of the Great Goddess. First introduced in 1974, this theory inspired women’s movements worldwide, but was harshly criticized by other archaeologists. This book examines the various intellectual contexts (feminist, nationalist, theoretical) in which Gimbutas’ ideas were formed, received, and interpreted, as well as appropriated for different political goals. This timely study will appeal to scholars and students in the following fields: history of archaeology, prehistoric archaeology, gender studies, feminist studies, women’s history, Baltic studies, and religion and spirituality. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1221822025-06-24T07:24:46Z Marija Gimbutas Navickaitė, Rasa Marija Gimbutas, gender studies, archaeology, prehistoric archaeology, feminism This book is a biography and reception history of the Lithuanian–American archaeologist Marija Gimbutas (1921–1994). It presents the first transnational account of Gimbutas’ life based on historical research, and an original examination of the impact of her ideas in various feminist contexts, both academic and popular. At the core of this book is a success story of an Eastern European woman who survived both Soviet and Nazi occupations of her homeland, lived as a displaced person in postwar Germany, and built her career and scholarly authority within the androcentric American academia. At the same time, it is also a story of a controversy, which followed Gimbutas’ theory of Old Europe – a prehistoric civilization, characterized by peacefulness, egalitarianism, women’s leadership, and the worship of the Great Goddess. First introduced in 1974, this theory inspired women’s movements worldwide, but was harshly criticized by other archaeologists. This book examines the various intellectual contexts (feminist, nationalist, theoretical) in which Gimbutas’ ideas were formed, received, and interpreted, as well as appropriated for different political goals. This timely study will appeal to scholars and students in the following fields: history of archaeology, prehistoric archaeology, gender studies, feminist studies, women’s history, Baltic studies, and religion and spirituality. 2023-11-17T09:42:43Z 2023-11-17T09:42:43Z 2023-09-14T12:33:54Z 2023 book OCN: 1354231380 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/76331 9781003215592 9781032104898 9781032104904 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/122182 eng open access Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003215592 10.4324/9781003215592 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 Chapter 4 New Archaeology, Old Europe, and the Feminist Science Debates Chapter 5 Searching for Old Europe Chapter 6 The Archaeologist of Nation and Gender 9781003215592 9781032104898 9781032104904 Routledge open access |
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