03544nam 2200865 a 450 991082303150332120240313080026.01-84779-358-410.7765/9781847793584(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 Shetland 1800-2000 /Lynn Abrams1st ed.Manchester ;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 Lynn850100MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823031503321Myth and materiality in a woman's world4015063UNINA