Gender and the City before Modernity
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| Rating | : | 4.42 (997 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 111823443X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 266 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-27 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Good book for intro concepts and deeper ideas This book provides a good foundation for those new to the topic. It covers interesting geographical and non-western areas, but is strangely lacking in classical Rome.
She has written extensively on issues related to gender, agriculture and land use in classical antiquity.Gabriele Neher is Lecturer in Renaissance Art History at the University of Nottingham. Lin Foxhall is Professor of Greek Archaeology and History at the University of Leicester. She is also Reviews Editor for the journal Gender & History.
Gender and the City before Modernity offers insights into the similarities, differences and convergences of gender as practiced in cities around the world.. Yet, gender played a crucial role in shaping the lives of the inhabitants of all pre-modern urban communities, both physically and conceptually, as a fundamental element of human identities, social relationships and the larger political, economic and cultural networks in which they were embedded.The wide range of case studies in this book spans various facets of gender during the ancient, medieval and early modern periods in Mexico, China, Britain, Italy, Carthage, Greece, Asia Minor and Persia. From the Back CoverGender and the City before Modernity presents a series of multi-disciplinary readings that explore issues related to the role of gender and gendered behaviours in cities before the onset of modernity – that is, in societies unaf
Gender and the City before Modernity presents a series of multi-disciplinary readings that explore issues relating to the role of gender in a variety of cities of the ancient, medieval, and early modern worlds. Presents an inter-disciplinary collection of readings that reveal new insights into the intersection of gender, temporality, and urban spaceFeatures a wide geographical and methodological rangeIncludes numerous illustrations to enhance clarity