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Power, Gender, and Mobility

Aspects of Indo-European Society

This book uniquely combines linguistic, archaeological, and sociological perspectives to explore the intricate dynamics of power, gender, and mobility in Indo-European societies.

Power, Gender, and Mobility examines how the social constructs of power and gender in Indo-European societies interacted with each other and cross-community mobility. It approaches this examination from linguistic, archaeological, sociological, and genetic angles through thirteen articles written by experts in prehistoric archaeology, Indo-European linguistics, and historical sociology. The articles explore topics such as female naming schemes, natural and grammatical gender, the role of stars and constellations, gender-based distribution of high-status grave goods, and the matrimonial and sexual functions of gods and offer a fresh interpretation of Indo-European legal language.
 

450 pages | 8 color plates, 1 line drawing, 2 maps, 13 figures, 6 tables | 6.3 x 9.45 | © 2024

Copenhagen Studies in Indo-European

Ancient Studies

Language and Linguistics: Anthropological/Sociological Aspects of Language, General Language and Linguistics


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Table of Contents

Stefan Höfler, Riccardo Ginevra, & Birgit Anette Olsen
Introduction. Aspects of Indo-European Society

PART I: GENDER, POWER, AND LANGUAGE

Ulla Remmer
How (not) to name a woman in Indo-European. The evidence of female onomastics for the status of women in Indo-European societies

Stefan Höfler
Gender in Indo-European. A synopsis

Jil Schermutzki
Pan, Pu?an, and their matrimonial status

Michael Janda
The charioteer Athena as goddess of warriors. Constellations and their role in the prehistory of Greek religion

Michael Weiss
Quaecumque a Benveniste dicta essent, commenticia esse

PART II: POWER, MOBILITY, AND CONFLICT

Peter Jackson Rova
The Wolf, the Lamb, and the Dog. An Aesopian guide to Indo-European sociology

José Luis García Ramón
On the prehistory of legal language and procedure. Repairing a misdeed in Proto-Indo-European and Core Indo-European

Riccardo Ginevra
Indo-European patrons vs. clients, and the role of poets as social brokers. ‘Leaders’ vs. ‘friends’ and intelligent speakers in the mythologies of Scandinavia, India, and Rome

Rune Iversen
The violent Indo-Europeans. Some general thoughts on the martial influence of the Corded Ware on Neolithic societies

PART III: MOBILITY, GENDER, AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE

Mikkel Nørtoft
An update on the formation and spread of the Corded Ware culture. Human–canid relations, and its tooth and shell status items

Birgit Anette Olsen
In-laws and outlaws in Indo-European societies. The master of the house and his circles of interest

Jan N. Bremmer
Indo-European initiation. The Greek contribution

Kim McCone
(Proto-)Indo-European age-based male social hierarchies and groupings. Age-grades, sodalities, coevals, age-sets, and the origins of Rome’s curiae (including the curia ‘senate-house’)

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