The birth of feminism : woman as intellect in Renaissance Italy and England / / Sarah Gwyneth Ross
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| Autore: |
Ross Sarah Gwyneth <1975->
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| Titolo: |
The birth of feminism : woman as intellect in Renaissance Italy and England / / Sarah Gwyneth Ross
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2009 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (416 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 305.42/09/42 |
| Soggetto topico: | Feminism - Italy - History |
| Feminism - England - History | |
| Women and literature - Italy - History | |
| Women and literature - England - History | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction -- Her father's daughter -- Household academies in Venice and London -- The biographical tradition -- Models of feminist argument -- Learned wives and mothers in italy -- Collaborative marriages in Britain -- Discourses of equality and rights -- Conclusion. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Ross demonstrates how the expanding ranks of learned women in the Renaissance era presented the first significant challenge to the traditional definition of "woman" in the West. The Birth of Feminism demonstrates that because of their education, these women laid the foundation for the emancipation of womankind. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The birth of feminism |
| ISBN: | 0-674-26685-4 |
| 0-674-05453-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910811466803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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