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Myth and Materiality in a Woman's World: Gender in History

Autor Lynn Abrams
en Limba Engleză Paperback – iun 2010
Shetland has a history unique in Europe, for over the past two centuries it was a place where women dominated the family, economy, and the cultural imagination. Women ran households and crofts without men. They maintained families and communities because men were absent. And they constructed in their minds an identity of themselves as 'liberated' long before organised feminism was invented. And yet, Shetland is a place which was made by the most masculine of societies - those of the Picts, Scots and above all the Vikings - and its contemporary identity still draws on the heroic exploits and sagas of medieval Norsemen. This book examines how against this tradition Shetland became a female place, and offers answers as to how, in this most isolated island community, the inhabitants transgressed and reversed their traditional gender roles. Reconstructing this 'woman's world' from fragments of cultural experience captured in written and oral sources, this book will appeal to scholars in the fields of social and cultural history, social anthropology, gender and women's studies.
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ISBN-13: 9780719065934
ISBN-10: 0719065933
Pagini: 264
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Editura: MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS
Seria Gender in History

Locul publicării:United Kingdom

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This book examines how in the nineteenth century Shetland became a female place. It offers fascinating insights into the formation and workings of a matriarchal society. The book includes a glossary and will appeal to those interested in local dialects, as well as students and academics of Gender Studies and Scottish History.