Women, identities and communities in early modern Europe / / edited by Stephanie Tarbin, Susan Broomhall

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (261 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 305.40940903
• Soggetto topico: Women - Europe - Identity - History; Women - Europe - Social conditions; Communities - Europe - History
• Altri autori: BroomhallSusan TarbinStephanie
• Note generali: "First published 2008 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Reading communities in history -- pt. 2. Domestic polities -- pt. 3. Social networks -- pt. 4. Negotiating the city -- pt. 5. Gentry communities -- pt. 6. Queens and court.
• Sommario/riassunto: Addressing a key challenge facing feminist scholars today, this volume explores the tensions between shared gender identity and the myriad social differences structuring women's lives. By examining historical experiences of early modern women, the authors of these essays consider the possibilities for commonalities and the forces dividing women. They analyse individual and collective identities of early modern women, tracing the web of power relations emerging from women's social interactions and contemporary understandings of femininity. Essays range from the late medieval period to the eighteenth century, study women in England, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, and Sweden, and locate women in a variety of social environments, from household, neighbourhood and parish, to city, court and nation. Despite differing local contexts, the volume highlights continuities in women's experiences and the gendering of power relations across the early modern world. Recognizing the critical power of gender to structure identities and experiences, this collection responds to the challenge of the complexity of early modern women's lives. In paying attention to the contexts in which women identified with other women, or were seen by others to identify, contributors add new depth to our understanding of early modern women's senses of exclusion and belonging.
• Titolo autorizzato: Women, identities and communities in early modern Europe
• ISBN: 1-351-87163-3; 1-315-23363-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910154605003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Women and gender in the early modern world.