A cultural history of women
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A cultural history of women
Bloomsbury, 2013
- : set
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A Cultural History of Women presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. With six volumes covering 2500 years, this is the most authoritative history available of women in Western cultures.
1. A Cultural History of Women in Antiquity
2. A Cultural History of Women in the Middle Ages
3. A Cultural History of Women in the Renaissance
4. A Cultural History of Women in the Age of Enlightenment
5. A Cultural History of Women in the Age of Empire
6. A Cultural History of Women in the Modern Age
Each volume discusses the same themes in its chapters: the Life Cycle; Bodies and Sexuality; Religion and Popular Beliefs; Medicine and Disease; Public and Private Worlds; Education and Work; Power; and Artistic Representation. This means readers can either have a broad overview of a period by reading a volume or follow a theme through history by reading the relevant chapter in each volume.
Superbly illustrated, the full six volume set combines to present the most authoritative and comprehensive survey available on women through history.
Table of Contents
Volume One: A Cultural History of Women in Antiquity
Volume Two: A Cultural History of Women in the Middle Ages
Volume Three: A Cultural History of Women in the Renaissance
Volume Four: A Cultural History of Women in the Enlightenment
Volume Five: A Cultural History of Women in the Age of Empire
Volume Six: A Cultural History of Women in the Modern Age
Volume One: A Cultural History of Women in Antiquity
Edited by Janet Tulloch, Carleton University, Canada
Introduction
The Life Cycle, Katariina Mustakallio, University of Tampere, Finland
Bodies & Sexuality, Allison Glazebrook, Brock University, Canada and Nicola Mellor, Independent Scholar
Religion & Popular Beliefs, Janet H. Tulloch, Carleton University, Canada
Medicine & Disease, Steven Muir, Concordia University College of Alberta, Canada and Laurence Totelin, Cardiff University, UK
Public & Private, Kristina Milnor, Barnard College, USA
Education & Work, Marcia H. Lindgren, University of Iowa, USA
Power, Lynda Garland, University of New England, Australia
Artistic Representation, Shelby Brown, UCLA, USA
Volume Two: A Cultural History of Women in the Middle Ages
Edited by Kim Phillips, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Introduction
The Life Cycle: The Ages of Medieval Women, Cordelia Beattie, University of Edinburgh, UK
Bodies and Sexuality, April Harper, SUNY Oneonta, USA
Religion and Popular Beliefs: Choices, Constraints, and Creativity for Christian Women, Katherine L. French, SUNY New Paltz, USA
Medicine and Disease: The Female 'Patient' in Medieval Europe, Iona McCleery, University of Leeds, UK
Public and Private: Women in the Home, Women in the Streets, Kim M. Phillips, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Education and Work: Multiple Tasks and Lowly Status, Sandy Bardsley, Moravian College, USA
Power: Medieval Women's Power through Authority, Autonomy, and Influence, Lois Huneycutt, University of Missouri, USA
Artistic Representation: Women and/in Medieval Visual Culture, Marian Bleeke, Jennifer Borland, Rachel Dressler, Martha Easton and Elizabeth L'Estrange, The Medieval Feminist Art History Project, USA
Volume Three: A Cultural History of Women in the Renaissance
Edited by Karen Raber, University of Mississippi, USA
Introduction
The Life Cycle: Stephanie Tarbin, Department of History, University of Western Australia, Australia
Bodies and Sexuality: Mara Amster, Department of English, Randolph College, USA
Religion and Popular Beliefs: Megan Hickerson, Department of History, Henderson State University, USA
Medicine and Disease: Margaret Healy, Department of English, University of Sussex, UK
Public and Private: Danielle Clark, Department of English, University College Dublin, UK
Education and Work: Kari Boyd McBride, Department of Women's Studies, and Meg Lota Brown, Department of English, both University of Arizona, USA
Power: Holly Hurlburt, Department of History and Women's Studies Program, Southern Illinois University, USA
Artistic Representation: Mary Rogers, Independent Scholar, UK
Volume Four: A Cultural History of Women in the Age of Enlightenment
Edited by Ellen Pollak, Michigan State University, USA
Introduction
The Life Cycle: Motherhood during the Enlightenment, Kathleen Brown, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Bodies & Sexuality: Sex, Gender, and the Limits of Enlightenment, Susan S. Lanser, Brandeis University, USA
Religion & Popular Beliefs: Visionary Women in the Age of Enlightenment, Phyllis Mack, Rutgers University, USA
Medicine & Disease: Women, Practice, and Print in the Enlightenment Medical Marketplace, Lisa Forman Cody, Claremont McKenna College, USA
Public and Private: Public and Private Lives in Eighteenth-Century France, Joan B. Landes, Penn State University, USA
Education & Work: The Case of Laboring Women Poets in England, Scotland, and Germany, Susanne Kord, University College London, UK
Power: Varieties of Female Political Power in Enlightenment England, Charlotte Sussman, Duke University, USA
Artistic Representation: The Famous Ballads of Anna Gordon, Mrs. Brown, Ruth Perry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Volume Five: A Cultural History of Women in the Age of Empire
Edited by Teresa Mangum, University of Iowa, USA
Introduction
The Life Cycle: Women and the Life-Cycle, c.1800-1920, Pat Thane, University of London, UK
Bodies & Sexuality: Sexuality and Bodies in the Age of Empire, Ellen Rosenman, University of Kentucky, USA
Religion & Popular Beliefs: Women and Wandering Jews after Daniel Deronda, Susan Bernstein, University of Wisconsin at Madison, USA
Medicine & Disease: Women and Medicine in the Age of Empire, Pamela Gilbert, University of Florida, USA
Public & Private: The Fault Lines Between Public and Private Selves in Women's Autobiographical Writings, Linda Peterson, Yale University, USA
Education & Work: Women and the Education Acts, Florence Boos, University of Iowa, USA
Power: Memsahibs, Manners, and Empires, Teresa Mangum, University of Iowa, USA
Artistic Representation: Travel Narrative and the Construction of Female Artistic Identity in the Nineteenth Century, Alexandra Wettlaufer, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Volume Six: A Cultural History of Women in the Modern Age
Edited by Liz Conor, University of Melbourne, Australia
Introduction
Life Cycle, Catherine Kevin, Flinders University, Australia
Bodies and Sexuality, Zora Simic, University of New South Wales, Australia
Religion and Popular Beliefs, Maureen Perkins, Curtin University of Technology, Australia
Medicine and Disease, Mary Kleinman, Loyola University Chicago and Alice J. Dan, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Public and Private, Bronwyn Winter, University of Sydney, Australia
Education and Work, Deborah Simonton,University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Power, June Hannam, University of the West of England, UK
Artistic Representation, Janell Hobson, University at Albany, SUNY, USA
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