ISBN:
9789004191709
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Series Statement:
Brill eBook titles 2011
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.88/309464309031
Keywords:
Social role History 16th century
;
Widowhood History 16th century
;
Widows in literature History
;
Widows Legal status, laws, etc 16th century
;
History
;
Widows Social conditions 16th century
;
Spain Social life and customs 16th century
Abstract:
Preliminary Material /S. Fink De Backer -- Introduction /S. Fink De Backer -- 1. Subjects Of Counsel /S. Fink De Backer -- 2. Objects Of Desire /S. Fink De Backer -- 3. Sex In The City /S. Fink De Backer -- 4. Master And Mistress Of The Household /S. Fink De Backer -- 5. Father And Mother Of Their Children /S. Fink De Backer -- 6. A Widow’s Work Is Never Done /S. Fink De Backer -- 7. Widowhood, Poverty, And Charity /S. Fink De Backer -- 8. Family, Memory, And The Sacralization Of Urban Space /S. Fink De Backer -- Coda. The Strange Case Of A Wicked And Cruel Woman /S. Fink De Backer -- Bibliography /S. Fink De Backer -- Index /S. Fink De Backer.
Abstract:
Based on clerical ideals of female comportment and Golden Age playwrights’ fixation on questions of honor, modern scholarship, whether historical or literary, has viewed women as subjects and objects of patriarchal control. This study analyzes tensions and contradictions produced by the interplay of patriarchal norms and the realities of widows’ daily lives to demonstrate that in Castile patriarchy did not exist as a monolithic force, which rigidly enforced an ideology of female incapacity. The extensive analysis of archival documents shows widows actively engaged in their families and communities, confounding images of their reclusion and silence. Widows’ autonomy and authority were desirable attributes that did not collide with the demands of a society that recognized the contingent nature of patriarchal norms
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1163/ej.9789004191396.i-331
Permalink
