Ruling Women Volume 1

Author : Derval Conroy
Publisher : Springer
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137568496

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Ruling Women, Volume 1 by Derval Conroy Pdf

Ruling Women is the first study of its kind devoted to an analysis of the debate concerning government by women in seventeenth-century France. Drawing on a wide range of political, feminist and dramatic texts, Conroy sets out to demonstrate that the dominant discourse which upholds patriarchy at the time is frequently in conflict with alternative discourses which frame gynæcocracy as a feasible, and laudable reality, and which reconfigure (wittingly or unwittingly) the normative paradigm of male authority. Central to the argument is an analysis of how the discourse which constructs government as a male prerogative quite simply implodes when juxtaposed with the traditional political discourse of virtue ethics. In Government, Virtue, and the Female Prince in Seventeenth-Century France, the first volume of the two-volume study, the author examines the dominant discourse which excludes women from political authority before turning to the configuration of women and rulership in the pro-woman and egalitarian discourses of the period. Highly readable and engaging, Conroy’s work will appeal to those interested in the history of women in political thought and the history of feminism, in addition to scholars of seventeenth-century literature and history of ideas.

Author : Derval Conroy
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 113756797X

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Ruling Women, Volume 1 by Derval Conroy Pdf

Ruling Women is the first study of its kind devoted to an analysis of the debate concerning government by women in seventeenth-century France. Drawing on a wide range of political, feminist and dramatic texts, Conroy sets out to demonstrate that the dominant discourse which upholds patriarchy at the time is frequently in conflict with alternative discourses which frame gynæcocracy as a feasible, and laudable reality, and which reconfigure (wittingly or unwittingly) the normative paradigm of male authority. Central to the argument is an analysis of how the discourse which constructs government as a male prerogative quite simply implodes when juxtaposed with the traditional political discourse of virtue ethics. In Government, Virtue, and the Female Prince in Seventeenth-Century France, the first volume of the two-volume study, the author examines the dominant discourse which excludes women from political authority before turning to the configuration of women and rulership in the pro-woman and egalitarian discourses of the period. Highly readable and engaging, Conroy’s work will appeal to those interested in the history of women in political thought and the history of feminism, in addition to scholars of seventeenth-century literature and history of ideas.

Author : Derval Conroy
Publisher : Springer
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137568489

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Ruling Women, Volume 2 by Derval Conroy Pdf

Ruling Women is a two-volume study devoted to an analysis of the conflicting discourses concerning government by women in seventeenth-century France. In this second volume, Configuring the Female Prince in Seventeenth-Century French Drama, Conroy analyzes over 30 plays published between 1637 and 1691, examining the range of constructions of queenship that are thrown into relief. The analysis focuses on the ways in which certain texts strive to manage the cultural anxiety produced by female rule and facilitate the diminution of the uneasy cultural reality it represents, while others dramatize the exercise of political virtue by women, explode the myth of gender-differentiated sexual ethics, and suggest alternative constructions of gender relations to those upheld by the normative discourses of sexual difference. The approach is underpinned by an understanding of theatre as fundamentally political, a cultural institution implicated in the maintenance of, and challenge to, societal power relations. Innovative and stimulating, Conroy’s work will appeal to scholars of seventeenth-century drama and history of ideas, in addition to those interested in the history of women in political thought and the history of feminism.

Author : Stacy S. Klein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0268206783

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Ruling Women by Stacy S. Klein Pdf

Klein explores how queens functioned as imaginative figures in Anglo-Saxon texts as mediatory figures for negotiating sustained tensions and antagonisms among different peoples, institutions, and systems of belief.

Author : Barbara Seaman,Laura Eldridge
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781609804442

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Voices of the Women's Health Movement, Volume 1 by Barbara Seaman,Laura Eldridge Pdf

An unprecedented and definitive collection of rabble-rousing writings on women’s health, Voices of the Women’s Health Movement explores a range of provocative topics from reproductive rights to sexuality to motherhood. Trail-blazing advocate Barbara Seaman and health activist Laura Eldridge bring the revolutionary ideas of several generations together in this powerful new book celebrating women’s bodies, and women’s voices. The more than two hundred contributors include Jennifer Baumgardner, Susan Brownmiller, Phyllis Chesler, Angela Y. Davis, Barbara Ehrenreich, Germaine Greer, Shulamith Firestone, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Erica Jong, Molly Haskell, Shere Hite, Susie Orbach, Judith Rossner, Alix Kates Shulman, Gloria Steinem, Sojourner Truth, Rebecca Walker, Naomi Wolf, and many others. With Voices of the Women’s Health Movement, for the first time, every woman and girl can experience in one place the powerful history of stirring words and strong female perspectives that have inspired countless women to take control of their health and their lives. Volume One highlights include influential writings on birth control; menstruation; pregnancy and birthing; motherhood; menopause; abortion; and lesbian, bisexual, and transgender health.

Author : Denis Twitchett,John K. Fairbank,Michael Loewe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1032 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1986-12-26
Category : History
ISBN : 0521243270

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The Cambridge History of China: Volume 1, The Ch'in and Han Empires, 221 BC-AD 220 by Denis Twitchett,John K. Fairbank,Michael Loewe Pdf

This volume begins the historical coverage of The Cambridge History of China with the establishment of the Ch'in empire in 221 BC and ends with the abdication of the last Han emperor in AD 220. Spanning four centuries, this period witnessed major evolutionary changes in almost every aspect of China's development, being particularly notable for the emergence and growth of a centralized administration and imperial government. Leading historians from Asia, Europe, and America have contributed chapters that convey a realistic impression of significant political, economic, intellectual, religious, and social developments, and of the contacts that the Chinese made with other peoples at this time. As the book is intended for the general reader as well as the specialist, technical details are given in both Chinese terms and English equivalents. References lead to primary sources and their translations and to secondary writings in European languages as well as Chinese and Japanese.

Author : Carroll D. Osburn
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2007-07-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725220171

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Essays on Women in Earliest Christianity, Volume 1 by Carroll D. Osburn Pdf

Contributors Frederick D. Aquino Allen Black Mark C. Black Barry L. Blackburn Randall D. Chesnutt Jeffrey W. Childers Larry Chouinard Everett Ferguson Thomas C. Greer Jr. Jan Faver Hailey Stanley N. Helton A. Brian McLemore Marcia D. Moore Kenneth V. Neller L. Curt Niccum Carroll D. Osburn J. Paul Pollard Kathy J. Pulley Gregory E. Sterling James W. Thompson James Walters John Willis

Author : Victoria de Grazia
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520074576

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How Fascism Ruled Women by Victoria de Grazia Pdf

"For the common reader as well as the professional one, Victoria de Grazia opens doors and sheds new light on a fascinating subject."—Mary Gordon, author of The Other Side

Author : Arianne Chernock
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108484848

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The Right to Rule and the Rights of Women by Arianne Chernock Pdf

Reveals Queen Victoria as a ruler who captivated feminist activists - with profound consequences for nineteenth-century culture and politics.

Author : Dana Lungu
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004548558

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Female Heroism in the Works of Corneille and Racine by Dana Lungu Pdf

This study breaks with traditional readings in terms of tragic model and tragic hero in the works of Racine and Corneille. It departs from the critical tradition of examining the tragic hero as an isolated figure, defined by autonomy; it approaches the behaviour of Médée, Clytemnestre, and Phèdre from a relational perspective. It argues that these female characters belong to the tragic hero category, hold valid and valuable ethical positions and deserve to be treated as equal to their male counterparts. It also redefines the way we look at the tragic dynamic. The characters are no longer antagonists but inadvertent collaborators working towards the tragic outcome in order to satisfy desires and beliefs about themselves and the world that are deeply rooted in their psyche. This book shows that alternative interpretations of the behaviour of Médée, Clytemnestre and Phèdre can be obtained and must be obtained by applying modern methodologies in order to challenge the biased readings from the past and to see these characters in a new light.

Author : Keith McMahon
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442222908

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Women Shall Not Rule by Keith McMahon Pdf

Chinese emperors guaranteed male successors by taking multiple wives, in some cases hundreds and even thousands. Women Shall Not Rule offers a fascinating history of imperial wives and concubines, especially in light of the greatest challenges to polygamous harmony—rivalry between women and their attempts to engage in politics. Besides ambitious empresses and concubines, these vivid stories of the imperial polygamous family are also populated with prolific emperors, wanton women, libertine men, cunning eunuchs, and bizarre cases of intrigue and scandal among rival wives. Keith McMahon, a leading expert on the history of gender in China, draws upon decades of research to describe the values and ideals of imperial polygamy and the ways in which it worked and did not work in real life. His rich sources are both historical and fictional, including poetic accounts and sensational stories told in pornographic detail. Displaying rare historical breadth, his lively and fascinating study will be invaluable as a comprehensive and authoritative resource for all readers interested in the domestic life of royal palaces across the world.

Author : Ohio State University. Center for Human Resource Research
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Labor supply
ISBN : UOM:39015009153357

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Years for Decision by Ohio State University. Center for Human Resource Research Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 876 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Working mothers
ISBN : WISC:89035421494

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Years for Decision by Anonim Pdf

Author : Derval Conroy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000348941

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Towards an Equality of the Sexes in Early Modern France by Derval Conroy Pdf

This volume sets out to examine the ways in which an equality between the sexes is constructed, conceptualised, imagined or realised in early modern France, a period and a country which produced some of the earliest theorisations on equality. In so doing, it aims to contribute towards the development of the history of equality as an intellectual category within the history of political thought, and to situate "the woman question" within that history. The eleven chapters in the volume span the fields of political theory, philosophy, literature, history and history of ideas, bringing together literary scholars, historians, philosophers and scholars of political thought, and examining an extensive range of primary sources. Whilst most of the chapters focus on the conceptualisation of a moral, metaphysical or intellectual equality between the sexes, space is also given to concrete examples of a de facto gender equality in operation. The volume is aimed at scholars and graduate students of political thought, history of philosophy, women’s history and gender studies alike. It aims to throw light on the history of Western ideas of equality and difference, questions which continue to preoccupy cultural historians, philosophers, political theorists and feminist critics.

Author : Roger Duane Roderick,Ohio State University. Center for Human Resource Research
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Labor supply
ISBN : OSU:32435024147647

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Years for Decision by Roger Duane Roderick,Ohio State University. Center for Human Resource Research Pdf