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Widowhood in early modern Spain : protectors, proprietors, and patrons /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2010.
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| Colección: | Medieval and early modern Iberian world ;
v. 40. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 communiti. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 331 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004191396 9004191399 9789004191709 9004191704 |