Queering the Household Group: Challenging the Boundaries of an Archaeological Unit
Author(s): David G. Hyde
Year: 2015
Summary
The use of queer theory in archaeology aims to challenge static social structures. This paper focuses on how traditional assumptions of family and the household can be problematized through an investigation of non-household ‘households’ – such as saloons and other non-domestic residential spaces. In deconstructing the family, queer theory has elucidated the Western and modern biases that underlie the traditional definition of this social group. By challenging normative social constructions of family, this research engages with queer theory as a means to access a more fluid understanding of households as archaeological units. Households can no longer be assumed to be a unit of analysis that is a natural or self-evident construction based in heterosexual relations, kinship, and lineage.
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Queering the Household Group: Challenging the Boundaries of an Archaeological Unit. David G. Hyde. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Seattle, Washington. 2015 ( tDAR id: 434174)
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Keywords
General
Family
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Household
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Queer Theory
Geographic Keywords
North America
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United States of America
Spatial Coverage
min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 389