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100 1 $aWiber, Melanie,$d1954-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94015716
245 10 $aErect men/undulating women :$bthe visual imagery of gender, race and progress in reconstructive illustrations of human evolution /$cMelanie G. Wiber.
260 $aWaterloo, Ont. :$bWilfrid Laurier University Press,$c1997.
300 $aix, 290 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $g1.$tOf Gender, "Race," Progress and Evolution: Human Evolution Reconstructive Illustration --$g2.$tContested Knowledge in the Human Evolution Story Field: Man the Hunter versus Woman the Gatherer --$g3.$tReconstructive Human Evolution Illustrations: Utilizing Western Art Conventions in a Contested Story Field --$g4.$tGender: The Ubiquitous Story Operator --$g5.$tConflation and the Significant Other: Racism and Codes of the Primitive --$g6.$tWindow or Mirror? Primates and Foragers: Analogies of the Pre-Cultural Life --$g7.$tProgress: Inevitable as Moral Rewards - The Ultimate Story Operator --$g8.$tLucy as Barbie Doll: Eroticism in the Human Evolution Meta-Narrative --$g9.$tThe Commodification of Human Evolution: Selling a Story Field through Illustrations --$g10.$tConclusions and Future Directions for Research.
520 $aBased on intensive study of human origin illustrations, responses from students and colleagues and research into reconstructive illustration and feminist criticism of Western art, this book traces the subtle ways in which paleoanthropological conventions have influenced and have shifted in the creation of these illustrations. Wiber reveals that embedded meanings in these illustrations go beyond gender to include two other ubiquitous themes - racial superiority and upward cultural progress.
520 8 $aUnderlying all these themes, she found a basic conservatism in the paleoanthropological approach to evolutionary theory. Erect Men/Undulating Women provides a deeper understanding of popularized illustrations of human origins, but, more importantly, it encourages readers to gain a sensitivity to the ways in which Western culture constructs "scientific" findings that are compatible with its deeply held beliefs and values.
650 0 $aHuman evolution.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85062868
650 0 $aAnthropological illustration$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aFeminist anthropology.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93006951
852 00 $bbar$hGN281.4$i.W52 1997g
852 00 $boff,leh$hGN281.4$i.W52 1997g