The material culture and the processes of construction of gender identity in the 19th century in the school context

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Abstract

This paper is an historical investigation about the construction of gender identity durin the 19th century in the Chilean educational context. It was carried out throught the study of a sample corresponding to objects from the Pique Hospitales archaeological site, the Gabriela Mistral Museum of Education and the National Historical Museum. The physical analysis and the historical antecedents of the sample will allow to regulate (to classify, to identify and to distinguish) the objects to know the relevant physical and symbolic aspects at the moment of the classification of each one in gender categories, to understand the object-subject link. In this research was used methodologies and theoretical references from historical archeology and with a gender perspective were used to achieve the aims. It allowed to reflect on the construction of historically established social roles and its implications in the link with materiality.

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Gender identity, gender archaeology, historical archaeology, Pique Hospitales site, 19th century