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Prehistoric figurines : representation and corporeality in the Neolithic /

This book explores the ways that people use representations of human bodies to make subtle political points and to understand their own identities and to negotiate their relationships with friends and enemies. The author moves the debate past the interpretations of figurines as Mother-Goddess and in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bailey, Douglass W. (Douglass Whitfield), 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This book explores the ways that people use representations of human bodies to make subtle political points and to understand their own identities and to negotiate their relationships with friends and enemies. The author moves the debate past the interpretations of figurines as Mother-Goddess and investigates individual prehistoric figurines in their original archaeological contexts and in terms of modern exploitations of the human form.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xix, 243 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-235) and index.
ISBN:0203392450
9780203392454
9780415331517
041533151X
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