ISBN:
9781563243103
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (270 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Women in World History: v. 1: Readings from Prehistory to 1500
DDC:
305.4/09
Abstract:
Presenting selected histories in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas, this work discusses: political and economic issues; marriage practices, motherhood and enslavement; and religious beliefs and spiritual development. Famous women, including Hatshepsut, Hortensia, Aisha, Hildegard of Bingen and Sei Shonangan, are discussed as well as lesser known and anonymous women. Both primary and secondary source readings are included
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction: Gendering World History, Globalizing Women's History; Prehistory; The Value of Gender in Historical Analysis; Differences among Women; Searching for Victors as Well as Victims; Suggested Further Readings; 1. Prehistoric Women: Shaping Evolution, Sustenance, and Economy; 1.1 Women in the ""Gatherer-Hunter"" Phase; 1.2 Who Invented Farming?; 1.3 Women's Carding, Spinning, and Weaving; 1.4 Cooking: Women's Work in the Division of Labor; Suggested Further Readings; 2. The Women of Ancient Egypt
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2.1 Hatshepsut's Reign, 1473-1458 B.C.E.2.2 A Brother-Sister Marriage; 2.3 Women's Work; 2.4 Cleopatra, 69-30 B.C.E.; Suggested Further Readings; 3. India: Women in Early Hindu and Buddhist Cultures; 3.1 The Laws of Manu; 3.2 The Carpenter's Wife; 3.3 Sita, the Ideal Hindu Wife; 3.4 Psalms of the Buddhist Nuns; Suggested Further Readings; 4. Israel: Jewish Women in the Torah and the Diaspora; 4.1 Eve's Purpose and Her Sin in Genesis; 4.2 Marriage and Childbirth among Eve's Descendants; 4.3 The Rites of Jewish Women; 4.4 Marriage in the Diaspora: Medieval Egypt; Suggested Further Readings
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5. Greece: Patriarchal Dominance in Classical Athens5.1 The Reign of Phallocracy; 5.2 The Perfect Wife at Home; 5.3 Athenian Slavery; 5.4 Neaera, a Courtesan; Suggested Further Readings; 6. China: Imperial Women of the Han Dynasty (202 B.C.E.-220 C.E.); 6.1 The Regency of Empress Lu; 6.2 Chinese Women as Pawns; 6.3 Princesses as Power Brokers; Suggested Further Readings; 7. Women in the Late Roman Republic: Independence, Divorce, and Serial Marriages; 7.1 Letters from Cicero to His Wife, Terentia; 7.2 The Proscription of 43 B.C.E.; 7.3 Hortensia's Speech; 7.4 The Roman Family
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Suggested Further Readings8. Western Europe: Christian Women on Manors, in Convents, and in Towns; 8.1 Christianity's Dual Vision of Women; 8.2 Conversion of the Franks; 8.3 Nuns as Popular Authors: Hildegard of Bingen; 8.4 A Nun's Poetry; 8.5 Christine de Pisan, Professional Writer; 8.6 Parisian Women's Occupations in 1292 and 1313 C.E.; Suggested Further Readings; 9. The Middle East: Islam, the Family, and the Seclusion of Women; 9.1 The Quran; 9.2 Aisha, Muhammad's Beloved Wife; 9.3 Muslim Women in Medieval Cairo; Suggested Further Readings; 10. China and Japan: The Patriarchal Ideal
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10.1 Confucian Mothers10.2 Footbinding in China; 10.3 Women in the Japanese Emperor's Court; Suggested Further Readings; 11. Africa: Traders, Slaves, Sorcerers, and Queen Mothers; 11.1 Female Slavery and Women's Work; 11.2 Women's Friendship with Men; 11.3 Sorcerers and Queens; 11.4 Queens and Queen Mothers; 11.5 The Meaning of Nudity; Suggested Further Readings; 12. Southeast Asia: The Most Fortunate Women in the World; 12.1 Gender Autonomy; 12.2 Marriage; 12.3 Merchants, Diplomats, and Queens; 12.4 Widespread Literacy; Suggested Further Readings
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13. The Americas: Aztec, Inca, and Iroquois Women
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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