Date of Award
2013
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelors
Department
Social Sciences
First Advisor
Baram, Uzi
Keywords
Gender, African Burial Ground, Anthropology, Archaeology
Area of Concentration
Anthropology, Gender Studies
Abstract
This thesis is an examination of the African Burial Ground in New York. In the analysis I consider burials that were associated with items of adornment and shells, coins, and other items in the time periods from the 1760s to 1794. Through the application of queer theory within a Black feminist archaeological framework, I hope to open up new understandings of gender during this time period. The analysis focuses on the gendered aspects of burial good associations as well as how two burials, Burials 259 and 332, challenge the conflation of sex and gender in archaeology, as well as the notions of sex and gender as binaries.
Recommended Citation
Parks, Ashley, "GENDER AND THE AFRICAN BURIAL GROUND" (2013). Theses & ETDs. 6800.
https://digitalcommons.ncf.edu/theses_etds/6800
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