Déstabiliser la binarité en archéologie : le cas des tombes 137 et 260 de la nécropole mérovingienne de Bossut-Gottechain

Sex is a 'biological, unchanging and universal category'. Gender is a 'socially constructed system that hierarchically categorizes the sexes'. Since the first studies in gender archaeology from the 1980s, recent research has invited us to question these definitions, to stop consi...

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Main Author: Laura Mary
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Language:English
Published: Université Lumière Lyon 2 2021-12-01
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description Sex is a 'biological, unchanging and universal category'. Gender is a 'socially constructed system that hierarchically categorizes the sexes'. Since the first studies in gender archaeology from the 1980s, recent research has invited us to question these definitions, to stop considering sex as a fixed entity and to go beyond the binary model of sex and gender. These reflections, however, still struggle to find their way into Merovingian archaeology. Starting with two specific graves in the necropolis of Bossut-Gottechain (Belgium), this article aims to question the binary categorization of sex and gender in archaeology.
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spelling doaj-art-d7df276afcfe41f69b0cf122959c7be02025-08-20T02:27:23ZengUniversité Lumière Lyon 2Frontière·s2534-75352021-12-01510.35562/frontieres.819Déstabiliser la binarité en archéologie : le cas des tombes 137 et 260 de la nécropole mérovingienne de Bossut-GottechainLaura MarySex is a 'biological, unchanging and universal category'. Gender is a 'socially constructed system that hierarchically categorizes the sexes'. Since the first studies in gender archaeology from the 1980s, recent research has invited us to question these definitions, to stop considering sex as a fixed entity and to go beyond the binary model of sex and gender. These reflections, however, still struggle to find their way into Merovingian archaeology. Starting with two specific graves in the necropolis of Bossut-Gottechain (Belgium), this article aims to question the binary categorization of sex and gender in archaeology.https://journals.openedition.org/frontieres/819
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Déstabiliser la binarité en archéologie : le cas des tombes 137 et 260 de la nécropole mérovingienne de Bossut-Gottechain
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title Déstabiliser la binarité en archéologie : le cas des tombes 137 et 260 de la nécropole mérovingienne de Bossut-Gottechain
title_full Déstabiliser la binarité en archéologie : le cas des tombes 137 et 260 de la nécropole mérovingienne de Bossut-Gottechain
title_fullStr Déstabiliser la binarité en archéologie : le cas des tombes 137 et 260 de la nécropole mérovingienne de Bossut-Gottechain
title_full_unstemmed Déstabiliser la binarité en archéologie : le cas des tombes 137 et 260 de la nécropole mérovingienne de Bossut-Gottechain
title_short Déstabiliser la binarité en archéologie : le cas des tombes 137 et 260 de la nécropole mérovingienne de Bossut-Gottechain
title_sort destabiliser la binarite en archeologie le cas des tombes 137 et 260 de la necropole merovingienne de bossut gottechain
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