商品簡介
Eleven essays from American academics and one Spanish scholar explore the relationship between text and gender in the early modern Spanish world. The contributors examine a variety of texts, including poetry, court cases, and convent literature. Two central themes are addressed: gender relations in the shaping of family and community life, and women's authority in various spheres of power. The editors teach women's studies and history at the U. of Kansas. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Marta V. Vicente is Assistant Professor of Women's Studies and History at the University of Kansas. She is the author of several articles on women and family work in Early Modern Spain. She is completing a book titled Clothing the Spanish Empire: Families and the Calico Trade in the Atlantic World,1700-1815. Luis R. Corteguera is Associate Professor of History at the University of Kansas. He is the author of For the Common Good: Popular Politics in Barcelona, 1580-1640 (2002). His next book project is Before God and King: Ordinary People in Politics in Early Modern Spain.