| Gender and Early Modern Constructions of Childhood Contributor(s): Miller, Naomi J. (Editor), Yavneh, Naomi (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1409429970 ISBN-13: 9781409429975 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Renaissance - Social Science | Children's Studies |
| Dewey: 305.230 |
| LCCN: 2011017702 |
| Series: Women and Gender in the Early Modern World |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.21 lbs) 264 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Drawing on art history, literary studies and social history, the essays in this volume explore a range of intersections between gender and constructions of childhood in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries in Italy, England, France and Spain. The essays are grouped around the themes of celebration and loss, education and social training, growing up and growing old. Contributors grapple with ways in which constructions of childhood were inflected by considerations of gender throughout the early modern world. In so doing, they examine representations of children and childhood in a range of sources from the period, from paintings and poetry to legal records and personal correspondence. The volume sheds light on some of the ways in which, in the relations between Renaissance children and their parents and peers, gender mattered. Gender and Early Modern Constructions of Childhood enriches our understanding of individual children and the nature of familial relations in the early modern period, as well as of the relevance of gender to constructions of self and society. |