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Gentlemen and Amazons: The Myth of Matriarchal Prehistory, 1861–1900
Cynthia Eller
Gentlemen and Amazons: The Myth of Matriarchal Prehistory, 1861–1900
Cynthia Eller
Traces the nineteenth-century genesis and development of an important contemporary myth about human origins: that of an original prehistoric matriarchy. This title explores the intellectual history of the myth, which arose from male scholars who mostly wanted to vindicate the patriarchal family model as a higher stage of human development.
290 pages, 27 b/w photographs
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | March 8, 2011 |
ISBN13 | 9780520248595 |
Publishers | University of California Press |
Pages | 290 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 20 mm · 590 g |