Man or woman? – perception of gender through costume
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19561467 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ulla Mannering (0000-0001-8454-9153, National Museum of Denmark, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 79-86 |
| Publication date | 2013-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Danish Journal of Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2166-2282 • E-ISSN: 2166-2290 |
| Publisher | Det Kgl. Bibliotek/Royal Danish Library (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1080/21662282.2012.760893 |
| OpenAlex | W2022080537 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 5 |
Knowledge of Scandinavian costume history is based on information gathered from a large variety of sources. Actual costumes of skin and textiles are off course key finds but also prehistoric iconography offers a unique opportunity for comparative costumes studies. In this article quick guidelines for identification of male and female costumes seen on goilfoil figures dated to the Late Iron Age are presented. Further the recently excavated figuring from Lejre in Denmark is used as an example of how the guidelines can be used and applied to other find categories. Thus, the article offers an alternative interpretation of the figurine as a depiction of a female
Archaeology · Art · Depiction · Iconography · Linguistics · Prehistory · Visual arts · Computer Science · Cultural History and Identity Formation · Fashion and Cultural Textiles · Historical and Archaeological Studies · History · Philosophy
Ambiguous Boeslunde Figure
The sovereign seeress
Giving mixed signals
Træmanden fra Rude Eskilstrup og Søholtstaven - Attributter til den norrøne gudedyrkelse
Performing the Vikings
Revisiting the ‘Valkyries’
Crossing the Maelstrom
Invitation systems and identification in Late Iron Age southern Scandinavia? The gold foil figures from a new perspective
For the Blind Eye Only? Scandinavian Gold Foils and the Power of Small Things
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,82 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2023 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |