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Domesticating Imperialism: Sexual Politics and the Archaeology of Empire

VOSS, BARBARA L.·2008·American Anthropologist
DOI 10.1111/j.1548-1433.2008.00025.x
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ABSTRACT The archaeology of empire is permeated by sexual narratives. This has been especially true of archaeological research on the Spanish Americas, where the material remains of colonial settlements have often been interpreted as products of a literal and figurative marriage between two cultures. However, investigating colonization as a consensual domestic arrangement has masked the ways in which imperial projects relied on the exercise of power, including sexual regulations and sexual coercion. Recent archaeological and ethnohistoric research at the Spanish‐colonial military settlement of El Presidio de San Francisco affords a different perspective, one in which the public and institutional exercise of sexual control was central to the imperial project.

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Authors
VOSS, B. L.
Affiliations
Stanford University (US)
Corresponding author
VOSS, BARBARA L.
Venue
American Anthropologist
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2008-06
Volume
110
Issue
2
Pages
191-203
ISSN
  • 0002-7294 (ISSN-L)
  • 1548-1433
DOI
10.1111/j.1548-1433.2008.00025.x
OpenAlex
W1986326279
Cited by
73
References
62
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FWCI
16.85
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor, 39 d)
Locations
American Anthropologist (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Visual Arts and Performing Arts › Latin American history and culture
  • Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Archaeology and Cultural Heritage
Keywords
sexual politics, Spanish America, military settlements, sexual coercion, sexual control, colonial power, ethnohistory, marriage narratives

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