LEADER 03547nam 2200853 a 450 001 9910786202203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-84779-358-4 024 7 $a10.7765/9781847793584 035 $a(CKB)2670000000276892 035 $a(EBL)1069677 035 $a(OCoLC)818847455 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000758302 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12385582 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000758302 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10781011 035 $a(PQKB)11013457 035 $a(OCoLC)957516126 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse77742 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1069677 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10627283 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL843691 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1069677 035 $a(DE-B1597)660379 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781847793584 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000276892 100 $a20060306d2005 fy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMyth and materiality in a woman's world$b[electronic resource] $eShetland 1800-2000 /$fLynn Abrams 210 $aManchester ;$aNew York $cManchester University Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (264 p.) 225 0 $aGender in History 225 0$aGender in history 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7190-6593-3 311 $a0-7190-6592-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCopyright; 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 330 $aShetland has a history unique in Europe, for over the past two centuries it was a place where women dominated the family, economy, and the cultural imagination. Women ran households and crofts without men. They maintained families and communities because men were absent. And they constructed in their minds an identity of themselves as 'liberated' long before organised feminism was invented. And yet, Shetland is a place which was made by the most masculine of societies - those of the Picts, Scots and above all the Vikings - and its contemporary identity still draws on the heroic exploits and sa 410 0$aGender in history. 606 $aWomen$zScotland$zShetland$xSocial conditions$y19th century 606 $aWomen$zScotland$zShetland$xSocial conditions$y20th century 606 $aSex role$zScotland$zShetland$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aSex role$zScotland$zShetland$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aShetland (Scotland)$xSocial conditions$y19th century 607 $aShetland (Scotland)$xSocial conditions$y20th century 610 $aBritish mainland. 610 $aShetland women. 610 $aculture. 610 $ademographic factors. 610 $aeconomic factors. 610 $afishing. 610 $agender relations. 610 $ahistorical materiality. 610 $amyth-making. 610 $apower. 610 $awork patterns. 615 0$aWomen$xSocial conditions 615 0$aWomen$xSocial conditions 615 0$aSex role$xHistory 615 0$aSex role$xHistory 676 $a305.409411/3509034 700 $aAbrams$b Lynn$0850100 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786202203321 996 $aMyth and materiality in a woman's world$93780111 997 $aUNINA