TY - JOUR
T1 - Reshaping Gendered Narratives
T2 - Reinterpreting Female Art, Identity and Social Change in the Late Nordic Bronze Age
AU - Ahlqvist, Laura
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 Norwegian Archaeological Review.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - This paper explores the changes to art on artefacts attributed to females in the Late Nordic Bronze Age (ca. 1100–500 BC) from a gender critical, feminist perspective. Traditionally, Scandinavian research has focussed on the art of male artefacts, which is believed to represent a cosmological narrative, whilst female art has been considered devoid of cosmological motifs–concomitantly, it is often assumed that prominent social standing was reserved males. Through analytical discussion, the paper shows how the same motifs as are considered cosmological in male objects can be found on female objects, too, in compositions diverging from the male use, suggesting a gender differentiated use of art and association to cosmology. Through a gender theoretical lens, the paper explores what the social use of the art on these objects may suggest regarding identity and power relations in society, linking up with a reconfiguration of female identity at this time.
AB - This paper explores the changes to art on artefacts attributed to females in the Late Nordic Bronze Age (ca. 1100–500 BC) from a gender critical, feminist perspective. Traditionally, Scandinavian research has focussed on the art of male artefacts, which is believed to represent a cosmological narrative, whilst female art has been considered devoid of cosmological motifs–concomitantly, it is often assumed that prominent social standing was reserved males. Through analytical discussion, the paper shows how the same motifs as are considered cosmological in male objects can be found on female objects, too, in compositions diverging from the male use, suggesting a gender differentiated use of art and association to cosmology. Through a gender theoretical lens, the paper explores what the social use of the art on these objects may suggest regarding identity and power relations in society, linking up with a reconfiguration of female identity at this time.
KW - Art
KW - Feminism
KW - Gender
KW - Identity
KW - Nordic Bronze Age
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85182479020&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/00293652.2023.2298445
DO - 10.1080/00293652.2023.2298445
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85182479020
SN - 0029-3652
VL - 57
SP - 1
EP - 18
JO - Norwegian Archaeological Review
JF - Norwegian Archaeological Review
IS - 1
ER -