Bioarchaeology of Women and Children in Times of War Case Studies from the Americas
This volume will examine the varied roles that women and children play in period of warfare, which in most cases deviate from their perceived role as noncombatants. Using social theory about the nature of sex, gender and age in thinking about vulnerabilities to different groups during warfare, this...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Springer International Publishing
2017.
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| Colección: | Bioarchaeology and Social Theory.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b35697854*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Chapter 1: The Bioarchaeology of Women, Children and Other Groups in Times of War
- Chapter 2: Shattered Mirrors: Gender, Age, and Westernized Interpretations of War (and Violence) in the Past
- Chapter 3: War at the Door: Evolutionary Considerations of Warfare and Female Fighters
- Chapter 4: Politics and Social Substitution in Total War: Exploring the Treatment of Combatants and Noncombatants during the Mississippian Period of the Central Illinois Valley
- Chapter 5: When Elites Wage War: Violence and Social Coercion along the Chaco Meridian
- Chapter 6: Caught in a Cataclysm: Effects of Pueblo Warfare on Noncombatants in the Northern Southwest
- Chapter 7: The Poetics of Annihilation: On the Presence of Women and Children at Massacre Sites in the Ancient Southwest
- Chapter 8: Army Healthcare for Sable Soldiers during the American Civil War
- Chapter 9: Potential Applications of Public Health Tools to Bioarchaeological Datasets: The ‘Dirty War Index’ and the Biological Costs of Armed Conflict for Children
- Chapter 10: Conclusion: The Deeper You Dig, the Dirtier it Gets. .
