Feminist theories of social power: Some implications for a processual archaeology
- 1 January 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Norwegian Archaeological Review
- Vol. 25 (1) , 51-68
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00293652.1992.9965544
Abstract
Recent feminist analyses of power constitute a resource for theorizing power that archaeologists cannot afford to ignore given the importance of ‘post‐processual’ arguments that social relations, in which power is a central dimension, are as constitutive of system level dynamics as is the environment in which cultural systems are situated. I argue that they are important on two fronts: they articulate a dynamic, situational conception of power that resists reification, and they suggest a strategy for circumventing the polarized debates over objectivism: relativism which arise when a concern with power turns reflexive.Keywords
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