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Widows' Might

Name: Widows' Might
Brand: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
SKU: 9780814716748
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Widowhood and Gender in Early British America

Автор: Vivian Leigh Bruce Conger

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Корици: С твърди корици

Издател: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS

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In early American society, one's identity was determined in large part by gender. The ways in which...

Информация за книгата

Автор

Vivian Leigh Bruce Conger

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С твърди корици

Издадена

2009

страници

272

EAN

9780814716748

ISBN

0814716741

Enbook ID

04930920

Издател

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS

Теглоt

482

Размери

152 x 229 x 21

Пълно описание

In early American society, one's identity was determined in large part by gender. The ways in which men and women engaged with their communities were generally not equal: married women fell under the legal control of their husbands, who handled all negotiations with the outside world, as well as many domestic interactions. The death of a husband enabled women to transcend this strict gender divide. Yet, as a widow, a woman occupied a third, liminal gender in early America, performing an unusual mix of male and female roles in both public and private life. With shrewd analysis of prescriptive literature as well as widows' wills, court appearances, newspaper advertisements, and letters, "The Widows' Might" explores how widows were portrayed in early American culture, and how widows themselves responded to their unique role. Using a comparative approach, Vivian Bruce Conger deftly unpacks how widows in the Massachusetts, South Carolina, and Maryland colonies navigated their domestic, legal, economic, and community roles in early American society.