The Ashgate Research Companion to Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe (Ashgate Research Companions)
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (908 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00CIT3BWK |
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| Number of Pages | : | 203 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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Uniting theoretical and practical approaches, a series of essays ranges across the mind, body and spirit of women in early modern Europe, illuminating differences of culture, religion, age and status. It provides an essential handbook for researchers in the field and a wonderful introduction to the range of women's experience.'Laura Gowing, King's College London, UK . 'This is an excellent introduction to a fast-moving field
"Excellent" according to Sue Smith. An excellent resource for early modern Hispanic and European women's studies. The bibliography is thorough and useful. It has led me to key resources.
This Companion presents an authoritative review of the current research on women and gender in early modern Europe from a multidisciplinary perspective. The authors examine women’s lives, ideologies of gender and the differences between ideology and reality through the recent research across many disciplines, including history, literary studies, art history, musicology, history of science and medicine and religious studies.
. Poska is Professor of History at the University of Mary Washington, USA and co-editor of Ashgate's 'Women and Gender in the Early Modern World' book series. McIver is Professor Emerita of Art History at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA. Allyson M. Jane Couchman is Professor Emerita of French Studies, Women's Studies and Humanities at Glendon College, York University, Toronto, Canada. Katherine A