Revisiting Gender in European History, 1400-1800

ISBN-13: 9780367591496 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 192 str.

Elise M. Dermineur; Åsa Karlsson Sjögren; Virginia Langum

Opis

This book revisits the concept of gender within European History, 1400-1800. The essays cover various regions in Europe in different time periods and at all levels of society, integrating contemporary theories of gender while also interrogating their relevance and their challenges when applied to different contexts.

Spis treści

Introduction  Elise M. Dermineur, Åsa Karlsson Sjögren and Virginia Langum  1. Anatomy of Early Modern Patriarchy  Elise M. Dermineur  2. Gender and the Underground Economy in the Western French Alps  Anne Montenach  3. Theorizing Crime and Gender in Long-Term Perspective  Manon van der Heijden and Ariadne Schmidt  4. Poor Girls’ Schooling and Transitions of Gender and Class  Åsa Karlsson Sjögren  5. Medicine, Female Mystics and Illness Experience  Virginia Langum  6. Love and Friendship Between Lower Order Scottish Men: Or What the History of Emotions Has Brought to Early Modern Gender History  Katie Barclay  7. Making Power: Gender, Materiality, Performativity and Catherine de Medici  Susan Broomhall  8. Gender Performance in Early Modern Religious Life  Raisa Maria Toivo

O autorze

Elise M. Dermineur is Associate Professor of History at Umeå University and a Pro Futura Scientia Fellow at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in Uppsala.

Åsa Karlsson Sjögren is Professor of History at Umeå University.

Virginia Langum is Associate Professor of English at Umeå University and Pro Futura Scientia Fellow at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study at Uppsala University.