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A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF RECENT GENDERED PUBLISHING TRENDS IN AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY.
- Source :
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American Antiquity . Jul2014, Vol. 79 Issue 3, p522-540. 19p. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- This paper explores the relationship between gender identity and patterns of authorship in peer-reviewed journals as a lens for examining gendered knowledge production and the current status and visibility of men and women in American archaeology. Drawing on feminist theory and the feminist critique of science, I examine how gender imbalance and a lack of diversity continue to affect the work that archaeologists produce. The evaluation of publishing trends serves as a means to investigate knowledge valuation/validation in archaeology and lends insight into the control over archaeological narratives. Analysis of publication rates from 1990-2013 in a number of prestigious archaeology research journals (including American Antiquity) as well as smaller-scale regional journals reveals that strong gender differences persist in one of the major ways that data are disseminated to the American archaeological community. I suggest that these patterns are likely a result of authorial behavior, rather than editorial or reviewer bias, and conclude with a discussion of future directions for practitioners to pursue research on gender equity in the discipline. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00027316
- Volume :
- 79
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- American Antiquity
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 97384358
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.7183/0002-7316.79.3.522