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From Hunting Magic to Shamanism: Interpretations of Native American Rock Art and the Contemporary Crisis in Masculinity.
- Source :
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Women's Studies in Communication . Spring2007, Vol. 30 Issue 1, p78-110. 33p. - Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- This essay examines two prominent models for the interpretation of Native American rock art, highlighting projections of Euro-American gender ideologies and tensions over masculinity onto (pre)historic cultures. Specifically, the figure of the Native American shaman models masculine power as symbolic and spiritual, not physical, yet linked to a virile heterosexuality. By identifying discursive homologies, this centering of a primitive, spiritual masculinity is understood as a response to the Euro-American "crisis of masculinity." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 07491409
- Volume :
- 30
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Women's Studies in Communication
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 25547190
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/07491409.2007.10162506