Marriage and violence : the early modern legacy /

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Marriage is often described as a melding of two people into one. But what--or who--must be lost, fragmented, or buried in that process? Dolan reveals the contradiction that lies at the very heart of modern marriage. We have inherited from early modern England a model of marriage, she contends, so fl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dolan, Frances E. (Frances Elizabeth), 1960-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2008.
Colección:EBL-Schweitzer
Temas:
Marriage > History.
Marriage > England > History.
Marriage > United States > History.
Marriage > Religious aspects > Christianity > History.
Marital violence.
Abused wives.
Sex role > History.
Sex discrimination against women > History.
Equality > History.
Spouse Abuse
Battered Women
Mariage > Histoire.
Mariage > Angleterre > Histoire.
Mariage > États-Unis > Histoire.
Mariage > Aspect religieux > Christianisme > Histoire.
Violence entre conjoints.
Femmes victimes de violence.
Rôle selon le sexe > Histoire.
Discrimination à l'égard des femmes > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Feminism & Feminist Theory.
Abused wives
Equality
Marital violence
Marriage
Marriage > Religious aspects > Christianity
Sex discrimination against women
Sex role
England
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Flesh, two heads : debating the biblical blueprint for marriage in the seventeenth and twentieth centuries
  • Battered women, petty traitors, and the legacy of coverture
  • Fighting for the breeches, sharing the rod : spouses, servants, and the struggle for equality
  • How a maiden keeps her head : Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth I, and the perils of marriage
  • Afterword.

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