En la artesanía de mundos: el poder de acción de las mujeres técnicas en la maquinaria política de las ciudades de Siria y Mesopotamia
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Este ensayo científico busca investigar, con evidencia contextual, la vida cotidiana de las mujeres, considerando los fundamentos estructurales y las actividades técnicas. El enfoque comparativo e histórico se justifica por la naturaleza de las fuentes materiales. Con ello, se pretende establecer un enfoque historiográfico que destaque las transformaciones operadas por las mujeres en las entidades políticas del Levante entre la Edad del Bronce Medio y el inicio de la Edad del Hierro. Las fuentes pueden demostrar que las transformaciones en sociedades donde el protagonismo femenino se dio en actividades económicas esenciales, poderes patriarcales y la realeza, tuvieron políticas orientadas en un sentido heterárquico, implementadas mediante procedimientos interseccionales.
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