Sisters and Workers in the Middle Ages - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0226042480 ISBN 13 : 9780226042480

Editeur : University of Chicago Press Journals, 1994

Synopsis

Focusing on medieval women with a wide range of occupations and life-styles, the interdisciplinary essays in this collection examine women's activities within the patriarchal structures of the time. Individual essays explore women's challenges to a sexual ideology that confined them strictly to the roles of wives, mothers, and servants. Also included are sections on women and work, cultural production and literacy, and religious life.

These essays provide a greater understanding of the ways in which gender has played a part in determining relations of power in Western cultures. This volume makes a vital contribution to the current scholarship about women in the Middle Ages.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Focusing on medieval women with a wide range of occupations and life-styles, the interdisciplinary essays in this collection examine women's activities within the patriarchal structures of the time. Individual essays explore women's challenges to a sexual ideology that confined them strictly to the roles of wives, mothers, and servants. Also included are sections on women and work, cultural production and literacy, and religious life.

These essays provide a greater understanding of the ways in which gender has played a part in determining relations of power in Western cultures. This volume makes a vital contribution to the current scholarship about women in the Middle Ages.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Chicago Press Journals
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0226042480
• ISBN 13: 9780226042480
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 315
• Éditeur: Bennett Judith M., Clark Elizabeth A., O'Barr Jean F., Vilen B. Anne
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible