ISBN:
9780226789651
,
0226789659
,
9780226789668
,
0226789667
,
9780226789675
,
0226789675
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xxix, 182 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Lowe, Kate Arcangela Tarabotti, Paternal tyranny. Edited and translated by Letizia Panizza. (The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe.) Pp. xxix+182. Chicago–London: University of Chicago Press, 2004. £13 (18) (paper). 0 226 78965 9; 0 226 78966 7 2006
Series Statement:
The other voice in early modern Europe
Uniform Title:
Semplicita ingannata 〈English〉
Uniform Title:
Semplicita ingannata. 〈engl.〉
Parallel Title:
Print version Paternal tyranny
DDC:
305.42
Keywords:
Monastic and religious life of women Italy
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Venice
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Women Social conditions
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Italy
;
Venice
;
Patriarchy Religious aspects
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Catholic Church
;
Women Religious aspects
;
Catholic Church
;
Monastic and religious life of women
;
Women Social conditions
;
Patriarchy Religious aspects
;
Catholic Church
;
Women Religious aspects
;
Catholic Church
;
Women Social conditions
;
Women Religious aspects
;
Catholic Church
;
Monastic and religious life of women
;
Patriarchy Religious aspects
;
Catholic Church
;
Electronic books Italy
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Venice
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Feminism & Feminist Theory
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Monastic and religious life of women
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Patriarchy ; Religious aspects ; Catholic Church
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Women ; Religious aspects ; Catholic Church
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Women ; Social conditions
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Vrouwendiscriminatie
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Vader-dochter-relaties
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Italy ; Venice
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Electronic books Electronic books
Abstract:
Sharp-witted and sharp-tongued, Arcangela Tarabotti (1604-52) yearned to be formally educated and enjoy an independent life in Venetian literary circles. But instead, at sixteen, her father forced her into a Benedictine convent. To protest her confinement, Tarabotti composed polemical works exposing the many injustices perpetrated against women of her day. Paternal Tyranny, the first of these works, is a fiery but carefully argued manifesto against the oppression of women by the Venetian patriarchy. Denouncing key misogynist texts of the era, Tarabotti shows how despicable it was for Venice, a
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 33-36) and index. - Description based on print version record
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