Marija Gimbutas: Transnational Biography, Feminist Reception, and the Controversy of Goddess Archaeology - Paperback

by Rasa Navickaite (Author)

This book is a biography and reception history of the Lithuanian-American archaeologist Marija Gimbutas (1921-1994). It presents the first transnational account of Gimbutas' life based on historical research, and an original examination of the impact of her ideas in various feminist contexts, both academic and popular.

Author Biography

Rasa Navickaite is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions postdoctoral fellow at the University of Vienna, Austria. Her research interests include gender and sexuality studies, history of science, Eastern European politics and societies.