Isbn: 9780801425387 - refiguring woman: perspectives on gender and the italian renaissance (8 Ergebnisse)

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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. Volume, measuring approximately 6.5" x 9.75", is bound in brown cloth, with gilt-lettered dark brown spine label and stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book is in excellent condition. With illustrations. viii/285 pages. "Refiguring Woman" reassesses the significance of gender in what has been considered the bastion of gender-neutral humanist thought, the Italian Renaissance. It brings together eleven new essays that investigate key topics concerning the hermeneutics and political economy of gender and the relationship between gender and the Renaissance canon. Taken together, they call into question a host of assumptions about the period, revealing the implicit and explicit misogyny underlying many Renaissance social and discursive practices.…

Hardcover. Zustand: New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. PRISTINE CONDITION. COLLECTORS ITEM An insightful collection of scholarly essays exploring the roles, representation, and experiences of women in Renaissance Italy. Refiguring Woman brings together leading historians, literary scholars, and art historians to examine how gender shaped social, political, religious, and cultural life during one of Europe's most influential historical periods. Through interdisciplinary research, the contributors reassess traditional interpretations of the Italian Renaissance, highlighting women's participation as patrons, artists, writers, intellectuals, and members of both elite and everyday society. The volume also investigates how women were represented in Renaissance art and literature, offering fresh perspectives on identity, power, education, family, and cultural ideals. An important contribution to Renaissance studies and gender history, this volume is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and collectors interested in Italian history, women's studies, art history, literary criticism, and early modern Europe.…

Zustand: Very Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

First Edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; viii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Introduction -- Inter musam et ursam moritur: Folengo and the Gaping "Other" Mouth -- Patriarchal Ideology in the Renaissance Iconography of Judith -- The Visual Language of Gender in Sixteenth-Century Garden Sculpture -- Chastity on the Page: A Feminist Use of Paleography -- "The Most Serious Duty": Motherhood, Gender, and Patrician Culture in Renaissance Venice -- Funerals and the Politics of Gender in Early Renaissance Florence -- No Longer Virgins: Self-Presentation by Young Women in Late Renaissance Rome -- Economy, Woman, and Renaissance Discourse -- The Dignity of Man: A Feminist Perspective -- The Gendering of Melancholia: Torquato Tasso and Isabella di Morra -- New Songs for the Swallow: Ovid's Philomela in Tullia d'Aragona and Gaspara Stampa. Subjects; Gender Studies. West European History. Sex role Italy History Congresses. Women Italy History Renaissance, 1450-1600 Congresses. Patriarchy Italy History Congresses. Italian literature 16th century History and criticism Congresses. European literature Renaissance, 1450-1600 Gender aspects. Art, Renaissance Italy. Women in art. Feminism and art. Sculpture Italy. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; viii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Introduction -- Inter musam et ursam moritur: Folengo and the Gaping "Other" Mouth -- Patriarchal Ideology in the Renaissance Iconography of Judith -- The Visual Language of Gender in Sixteenth-Century Garden Sculpture -- Chastity on the Page: A Feminist Use of Paleography -- "The Most Serious Duty": Motherhood, Gender, and Patrician Culture in Renaissance Venice -- Funerals and the Politics of Gender in Early Renaissance Florence -- No Longer Virgins: Self-Presentation by Young Women in Late Renaissance Rome -- Economy, Woman, and Renaissance Discourse -- The Dignity of Man: A Feminist Perspective -- The Gendering of Melancholia: Torquato Tasso and Isabella di Morra -- New Songs for the Swallow: Ovid's Philomela in Tullia d'Aragona and Gaspara Stampa. Subjects; Gender Studies. West European History. Sex role Italy History Congresses. Women Italy History Renaissance, 1450-1600 Congresses. Patriarchy Italy History Congresses. Italian literature 16th century History and criticism Congresses. European literature Renaissance, 1450-1600 Gender aspects. Art, Renaissance Italy. Women in art. Feminism and art. Sculpture Italy. 1 Kg. …

Zustand: very_good. Gently read. May have name of previous ownership, or ex-library edition. Binding tight; spine straight and smooth, with no creasing; covers clean and crisp. Minimal signs of handling or shelving. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships USPS Media Mail.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Very good hardback copy. No dustjacket. viii, 285pp.