03547nam 2200853 a 450 991078620220332120200520144314.01-84779-358-410.7765/9781847793584(CKB)2670000000276892(EBL)1069677(OCoLC)818847455(SSID)ssj0000758302(PQKBManifestationID)12385582(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000758302(PQKBWorkID)10781011(PQKB)11013457(OCoLC)957516126(MdBmJHUP)muse77742(Au-PeEL)EBL1069677(CaPaEBR)ebr10627283(CaONFJC)MIL843691(MiAaPQ)EBC1069677(DE-B1597)660379(DE-B1597)9781847793584(EXLCZ)99267000000027689220060306d2005 fy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMyth and materiality in a woman's world[electronic resource] Shetland 1800-2000 /Lynn AbramsManchester ;New York Manchester University Press20051 online resource (264 p.)Gender in HistoryGender in historyDescription based upon print version of record.0-7190-6593-3 0-7190-6592-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexShetland 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 saGender in history.WomenScotlandShetlandSocial conditions19th centuryWomenScotlandShetlandSocial conditions20th centurySex roleScotlandShetlandHistory19th centurySex roleScotlandShetlandHistory20th centuryShetland (Scotland)Social conditions19th centuryShetland (Scotland)Social conditions20th centuryBritish mainland.Shetland women.culture.demographic factors.economic factors.fishing.gender relations.historical materiality.myth-making.power.work patterns.WomenSocial conditionsWomenSocial conditionsSex roleHistorySex roleHistory305.409411/3509034Abrams Lynn850100MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786202203321Myth and materiality in a woman's world3780111UNINA