ISBN:
9781666905243
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (289 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
947.0009024
Keywords:
Arts and society-Czech Republic-History
;
Women-Czech Republic-Social conditions
;
Czech Republic-Historiography
Abstract:
This collection examines premodern history and art in East-Central Europe viewed from the perspective of gender and women's history. It gathers Czech art and other historians of all generations in order to introduce this segment of history writing to global academia.
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part I WOMEN AND GENDER IN CZECH MEDIEVAL HISTORY -- Chapter One Women's History and Gender History as Part of Czech Medieval Studies -- Part II GENDER IDENTITY THROUGH THE PRISM OF VISUAL ARTS -- Chapter Two Medieval Art in the Czech Lands through the Prism of Gender -- Chapter Three Kunigunde-'Bartered Bride' and Bride of Christ -- Chapter Four Gender in Czech Secular Art of the Late Middle Ages -- Part III GENDERING THE MEDIEVAL LITERATURE -- Chapter Five Women as Men and Men as Women? -- Chapter Six Allegory in Service of Gendered Body Politics -- Chapter Seven Reading About Men and For Men -- Part IV MIDWIVES AND LOVERS: TWO PRE-MODERN CASE STUDIES -- Chapter Eight Why Do We Not Hear the Praise of Skillful Women Who Are Writing Books about It? -- Chapter Nine Benedetta Carlini, Catalina Erauso, and Catharina Margaretha Linck -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Contributors.
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