The bioarchaeology of structural violence : a theoretical framework for Industrial Era inequality

The bioarchaeology of structural violence : a theoretical framework for Industrial Era inequality / Lori A. Tremblay, Sarah Reedy, editors.

This volume is a resource for bioarchaeologists interested in using a structural violence framework to better understand and contextualize the lived experiences of past populations. One of the most important elements of bioarchaeological research is the study of health disparities in past population...

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Other Authors: Tremblay, Lori A. (Editor), Reedy, Sarah (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2020]
Series:Bioarchaeology and social theory.
Subjects:
Human remains (Archaeology)
Violence > Sociological aspects.
Archaeology.
Social theory.
Social & cultural history.
Social Science > Archaeology.
Social Science > Sociology > General.
History > Social History.
Violence > Sociological aspects
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part I. The structural violence of gender inequality. Female beauty, bodies, binding, and the bioarchaeology of structural violence in the Industrial Era through the lens of critical white feminism
  • Embodied discrimination and "mutilated historicity" : archiving Black women's bodies in the Huntington Collection
  • Embodying industrialization : inequality, structural violence, disease, and stress in working-class and poor British women
  • Patriarchy in Industrial Era Europe : skeletal evidence of male preference during growth
  • Part II. The structural violence of social and socioeconomic inequalities. The Erie County Poorhouse (1828-1926) as a heterotopia : a bioarchaeological perspective
  • Norway's industrial beginnings : new life challenges, recurring poverty, and the path to Tukthuset, Oslo House of Corrections
  • A new division of labor? understanding structural violence through occupational stress : an examination of entheseal patterns and osteoarthritis in the Hamann-Todd Collection
  • Products of industry : pollution, health, and England's industrial revolution
  • Health, well-being, and structural violence after sociopolitical revolution
  • Structural violence in antebellum New Orleans : how the interplay of socioeconomic status and law impacted the class structure of Louisiana's port populations
  • Conclusion
  • Correction to: The bioarchaeology of structural violence.

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