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Autore |
Gutierrez Nancy A. <1951-, > |
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Titolo |
"Shall she famish then?" : female food refusal in early modern England / / Nancy Gutierrez |
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London : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
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ISBN |
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1-351-90064-1 |
1-315-24330-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (157 pages) |
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Collana |
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Women and Gender in the early Modern World |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism |
Eating disorders in literature |
Eating disorders - England - History |
Hunger strikes - Psychological aspects |
Fasting - Psychological aspects |
Food habits in literature |
Sex role in literature |
Women in literature |
Food in literature |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First published 2003 by Ashgate Publishing. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. Contexts and methodologies -- 2. The public rendering of Margaret Ratcliffe's death -- 3. Fasting and prayer in A woman killed with kindness : religious salvation and political resistance -- 4. 'Starved! starved!' : anatomy and food refusal in John Ford's The broken heart -- 5. 'The maiden neither eate nor drank one morsel or droppe' : miracle maidens as colonial objects. |
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