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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786202203321

Autore

Abrams Lynn

Titolo

Myth and materiality in a woman's world [[electronic resource] ] : Shetland 1800-2000 / / Lynn Abrams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press, 2005

ISBN

1-84779-358-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Collana

Gender in History

Gender in history

Disciplina

305.409411/3509034

Soggetti

Women - Scotland - Shetland - Social conditions - 19th century

Women - Scotland - Shetland - Social conditions - 20th century

Sex role - Scotland - Shetland - History - 19th century

Sex role - Scotland - Shetland - History - 20th century

Shetland (Scotland) Social conditions 19th century

Shetland (Scotland) Social conditions 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Copyright; Contents; List of figures, table and plates; Preface and acknowledgements; Glossary and note on Shetland dialect; 1. Pasts, peoples, selves; 2. Stories; 3. Place; 4. Work; 5.Culture; 6. Sexualities; 7. Power; 8. Reflections; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Shetland has a history unique in Europe, for over the past two centuries it was a place where women dominated the family, economy, and the cultural imagination. Women ran households and crofts without men. They maintained families and communities because men were absent. And they constructed in their minds an identity of themselves as 'liberated' long before organised feminism was invented. And yet, Shetland is a place which was made by the most masculine of societies - those of the Picts, Scots and above all the Vikings - and its contemporary identity still draws on the heroic exploits and sa



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791812203321

Autore

Adams Kate

Titolo

Unseen worlds [[electronic resource] ] : looking through the lens of childhood / / Kate Adams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2010

ISBN

1-283-90701-1

0-85700-243-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (178 p.)

Disciplina

154.3083

Soggetti

Fantasy in children

Imagination in children

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Unseen Worlds: Looking Through the Lens of Childhood; Acknowledgements; Preface; CHAPTER 1 - Living in multiple worlds; CHAPTER 2 - Worlds of play; CHAPTER 3 - Seeing the unseen; CHAPTER 4 - The worlds at night; CHAPTER 5 - The darker worlds; CHAPTER 6 - It's just your imagination; CHAPTER 7 - Accepting children's worlds; CHAPTER 8 - Affirming children's worlds; CHAPTER 9 - Returning to childhood; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The child's world often revolves around dreams and fantasy. Imaginary friends, places and play can seem entirely real, and yet in dismissing these as 'just your imagination', many adults cut a tie that can be the key to understanding a child.Unseen Worlds explores the fantastical nature of children's imaginings, and demonstrates the negative adult tendency to trivialize them. The book breaks new ground by giving voice to children of various ages to express how they encounter these different worlds, examining the dark and frightening concept of nightmares in addition to happy and playful daydre