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UNINA9910786202203321 |
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Abrams Lynn |
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Myth and materiality in a woman's world [[electronic resource] ] : Shetland 1800-2000 / / Lynn Abrams |
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Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press, 2005 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (264 p.) |
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Gender in History |
Gender in history |
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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 |
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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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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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 |
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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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UNINA9910791812203321 |
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Autore |
Adams Kate |
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Unseen worlds [[electronic resource] ] : looking through the lens of childhood / / Kate Adams |
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London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2010 |
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1-283-90701-1 |
0-85700-243-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (178 p.) |
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Fantasy in children |
Imagination in children |
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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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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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 |
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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 |
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