Elizabeth Wayland Barber has drawn from data gathered by the most. In a "brilliantly original book" (Katha Pollitt, Washington Post Book World), she argues that women were a powerful economic force in the ancient world, with their own industry: fabric. New discoveries about the textile arts reveal womens unexpectedly influential role in. Quite a lot of societies are included, such as the prehistoric syrians, greeks and egyptians. In this book, Barber explaines the role of women in the prehistoric era by letting their main craft speak for them: weaving cloth. Much of this gap results from the extreme perishability of what women produced, but it seems clear that until now descriptions of prehistoric and early historic cultures have omitted virtually half the picture.Įlizabeth Wayland Barber has drawn from data gathered by the most sophisticated newer archaeological methods - methods she herself helped to fashion. Women's Work - by Elizabeth Wayland Barber (Paperback) 19.99When purchased online In Stock Add to cart About this item Specifications Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up Number of Pages: 336 Format: Paperback Genre: Social Science Sub-Genre: Women's Studies Publisher: W. Womens wok by Elizabeth Barber is truly one astonishing read. In fact, right up to the Industrial Revolution the fiber arts were an enormous economic force, belonging primarily to women.ĭespite the great toil required in making cloth and clothing, most books on ancient history and economics have no information on them. Elizabeth Wayland Barber is an American scholar and expert on archaeology, linguistics, textiles, and folk dance as well as Professor emerita of archaeology and. Twenty thousand years ago, women were making and wearing the first clothing created from spun fibers.
New discoveries about the textile arts reveal women's unexpectedly influential role in ancient societies.
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