| History of Women in the West Revised Edition Contributor(s): Davis, Natalie Zemon (Editor), Farge, Arlette (Editor), Goldhammer, Arthur (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0674403673 ISBN-13: 9780674403673 Publisher: Belknap Press OUR PRICE: $48.51 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1995 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - History | Europe - Renaissance - Reference |
| Dewey: 305.409 |
| Series: History of Women in the West |
| Physical Information: 1.29" H x 6.25" W x 9.19" (1.75 lbs) 608 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Volume III of A History of Women draws a richly detailed picture of women in early modern Europe, considering them in a context of work, marriage, and family. At the heart of this volume is "woman" as she appears in a wealth of representations, from simple woodcuts and popular literature to master paintings; and as the focal point of a debate--sometimes humorous, sometimes acrimonious--conducted in every field: letters, arts, philosophy, the sciences, and medicine. Against oppressive experience, confining laws, and repetitious claims about female "nature," women took initiative by quiet maneuvers and outright dissidence. In conformity and resistance, in image and reality, women from the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries emerge from these pages in remarkable diversity. |
Contributor Bio(s): Davis, Natalie Zemon: - Natalie Zemon Davis is Henry Charles Lea Professor of History, Emerita, Princeton University.Farge, Arlette: - Arlette Farge is Director of Research in Modern History, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris. |