Gender and Medieval archaeology: storming the castle

Dempsey, K. (2019) Gender and Medieval archaeology: storming the castle. Antiquity, 93 (369). pp. 772-788. ISSN 0003-598X doi: 10.15184/aqy.2019.13

Abstract/Summary

Despite feminist critiques over three decades, Archaeological scholarship remains predominantly focused on exploring patriarchal narratives and is thereby complicit in reinforcing structural inequalities. Questions must be asked of how the construction of archaeological knowledge affects representation and impacts on our ‘archaeologies’. This paper explores the relative absence of gendered approaches within Archaeology through the lens of Later Medieval Archaeology in particular, and with a micro-focus on Castle-studies in Britain and Ireland. Is there a reason for the silence in relation to gender in the archaeology of the later middle ages?

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/82356
Identification Number/DOI	10.15184/aqy.2019.13
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Science > School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science > Social Archaeology Science > School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science > Department of Archaeology
Uncontrolled Keywords	Feminism, Gender, Gendered Construction of Knowledge, Later Medieval Archaeology, Medieval Castles, Castle-studies
Publisher	Antiquity Publications
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