The equality of the sexes : three feminist texts of the seventeenth century /

Desmond M. Clarke presents new translations of three of the first feminist tracts to support explicitly the equality of the sexes. The alleged inferiority of women's nature and the corresponding roles that women were (in)capable of exercising in society was debated in Western culture from the c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Clarke, Desmond M. (Traductor, author of the introductions.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
1600-1699
Feminist literature > History and criticism.
Feminism > History > 17th century.
Féminisme > Documentation > Histoire et critique.
Féminisme > Histoire > 17e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Feminism.
Feminist literature.
Feminisme.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Desmond M. Clarke presents new translations of three of the first feminist tracts to support explicitly the equality of the sexes. The alleged inferiority of women's nature and the corresponding roles that women were (in)capable of exercising in society was debated in Western culture from the civilization of ancient Greece to the establishment of early Christian churches. There had also been some proponents of women's superiority (in comparison with men) prior to the early modernperiod. In contrast with both of these claims, the seventeenth century witnessed the first publications that argued.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 235 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191654497
0191654493

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