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Gender in the Early Medieval World: East and West, 300–900
Leslie Brubaker
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Paperback. This book analyses changes in gender pattern to examine early medieval European culture and society. Editor(s): Brubaker, Professor Leslie; Smith, Julia M. H. Num Pages: 346 pages, 15 b/w illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; 3F; HBJD; HBLC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 474.
Gender analysis is one of the most probing ways to understand both power and cultural strategies in pre-industrial societies. In this book, sixteen scholars on the cutting edges of their disciplines explore the ideas and expressions of gender that characterised the centuries from c.300 to 900 in milieux ranging from York to Baghdad, via Rome and Constantinople. Deploying a variety of disciplines and perspectives, they draw on the evidence of material culture as well as texts to demonstrate the wide range of gender identities that informed the social, political and imaginary worlds of these centuries. The essays make clear that ... Read more
Gender analysis is one of the most probing ways to understand both power and cultural strategies in pre-industrial societies. In this book, sixteen scholars on the cutting edges of their disciplines explore the ideas and expressions of gender that characterised the centuries from c.300 to 900 in milieux ranging from York to Baghdad, via Rome and Constantinople. Deploying a variety of disciplines and perspectives, they draw on the evidence of material culture as well as texts to demonstrate the wide range of gender identities that informed the social, political and imaginary worlds of these centuries. The essays make clear that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
Number of Pages
346
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521013277
SKU
V9780521013277
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About Leslie Brubaker
Leslie Brubaker is Reader in Byzantine Art History at the Centre for Byzantine Studies and Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity in the University of Birmingham. Her many publications on Byzantine culture include Vision and Meaning in Ninth-Century Byzantium (Cambridge, 1999) and Byzantium in the Iconoclast Era: The Sources (2001). Julia M. H. Smith is Reader in Mediaeval History at the ... Read more
Reviews for Gender in the Early Medieval World: East and West, 300–900
'… a model of careful selection and coherence; very few article collections are so well integrated and balanced.' Alexandra Cuffel, Macalester College 'Gender in the Early Medieval World brings together a collection of sixteen essays that place gender at the centre of discussions about politics, economics, religious practices, family and life rituals, in addition to more obvious gender questions about ... Read more