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UNINA9910450674803321 |
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Titolo |
The cultural identity of seventeenth-century woman : a reader / / Compiled and edited by N.H. Keeble |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1994 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-84711-4 |
1-280-32571-2 |
0-203-29956-6 |
0-203-20329-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (319 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Women - Europe - History - 17th century |
Sex role - Europe - History - 17th century |
Patriarchy - Europe - History - 17th century |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-302) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; IN THE BEGINNING: MALE AND FEMALE; BODY; SEXUALITY; MIND AND SOUL; BEAUTY; VICES; VIRTUES; MARRIAGE, ADULTERY AND DIVORCE; WIFELY DUTIES; MOTHER AND DAUGHTER; HOUSECRAFT, STATECRAFT AND PRIESTCRAFT; MIDWIFERY AND WET-NURSING; MISTRESS AND MUSE; CROSS-DRESSING; WIDOWHOOD, CELIBACY AND FEMALE FRIENDSHIP; AUTHORSHIP; 'TYRANT CUSTOM, WHY MUST WE OBEY'?; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This anthology brings together extracts from a wide variety of seventeenth-century sources to illustrate the ways in which the cultural notion of `women' was then constructed. historical circumstances of women's lives in the seventeenth century and the cultural notions of `woman' which prevailed then. What did women and men think women should be? Over 200 extracts from books, pamphlets, diaries and letters are arranged under three main headings: female nature, character and behaviour; female roles and affairs; and `feminisms.' Each chapter is introduced by N.H. Keeble who contextualis |
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