"Who's the Man?" Sex and Gender in Iron Age Musical Performance
Women and men depicted with musical instruments on Iron Age artifacts have been identified mostly on the basis of superficial examinations and preconceived ideas. The author reexamines the archaeological and textual data on ancient Israelite musical performance and reaches some surprising conclusion...
Main Author: | |
---|---|
Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
Journals Online & Print: | |
Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
Published: |
University of Chicago Press
2004
|
In: |
Near Eastern archaeology
Year: 2004, Volume: 67, Issue: 3, Pages: 128-136 |
Online Access: |
Volltext (JSTOR) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
|
Summary: | Women and men depicted with musical instruments on Iron Age artifacts have been identified mostly on the basis of superficial examinations and preconceived ideas. The author reexamines the archaeological and textual data on ancient Israelite musical performance and reaches some surprising conclusions about gender roles, the relationships between men and women, and how the people of ancient Palestine interpreted concepts of sex and gender. |
---|---|
ISSN: | 2325-5404 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Near Eastern archaeology
|
Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/4132375 |