Synopses & Reviews
Volume III of A History of Womendraws a richly detailed picture of women in early modern Europe, considering them in a context of work, marriage, and family. At the heart of this volume is "woman" as she appears in a wealth of representations, from simple woodcuts and popular literature to master paintings; and as the focal point of a debate--sometimes humorous, sometimes acrimonious--conducted in every field: letters, arts, philosophy, the sciences, and medicine. Against oppressive experience, confining laws, and repetitious claims about female "nature," women took initiative by quiet maneuvers and outright dissidence. In conformity and resistance, in image and reality, women from the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries emerge from these pages in remarkable diversity.
About the Author
Georges Duby, a member of the Académie Française, is Professor of Medieval History at the <>Collège de France.Michelle Perrotis Professor of Contemporary History at the <>Université de Paris VII.<>Natalie Zemon Davisis Henry Charles Lea Professor of History, Emerita, <>Princeton University.Arlette Fargeis Director of Research in Modern History, <>Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris.Arthur Goldhammerreceived the French-American Translation Prize in 1990 for his translation of A Critical Dictionary of the French Revolution.
Table of Contents
Writing the History of Women
Georges Duby and Michelle PerrotWomen as Historical Actors
Natalie Zemon Davis and Arlette Farge1. Works and Days
1. Women, Work, and Family
Olwen Hufton
2. The Body, Appearance, and Sexuality
Sara F. Matthews Grieco
3. The Beautiful Woman
Véronique Nahoum-Grappe
Translated by Arthur Goldhammer
4. A Daughter to Educate
Martine Sonnet
Translated by Arthur Goldhammer
5. Virgins and Mothers between Heaven and Earth
Elisja Schulte van Kessel
Translated by Clarissa Botsford
6. Women in Politics
Natalie Zemon Davis
Intermezzo
7. Judging by Images
Françoise Borin
Translated by Arthur Goldhammer
2. So Much is Said about Her
8. The Ambiguities of Literature
Jean-Paul Desaive
Translated by Arthur Goldhammer
9. The Theater
Eric A. Nicholson
10. A Sampling of Eighteenth-Century Philosophy
Michèle Crampe Casnabet
Translated by Arthur Goldhammer
11. The Discourse of Medicine and Science
Evelyne Berriot-Salvadore
Translated by Arthur Goldhammer
12. From Conversation to Creation
Claude Dulong
Translated by Arthur Goldhammer
13. Female Journalists
Nina Rattner Gelbart
14. Witches
Jean-Michel Sallmann
Translated by Arthur Goldhammer
15. Prostitutes
Kathryn Norberg
16. Criminals
Nicole Castan
Translated by Arthur Goldhammer
17. Protesters Plain to See
Arlette Farge
Translated by Arthur Goldhammer
4. Women's Voices
Gluckel of Hameln, Jewish Merchant Woman
Natalis Zemon Davis
Anne-Françoise Cornet, Parisian Artisan
Arlette Farge
Translated by Arthur Goldhammer
Notes
Bibliography
Contributors
Illustration Credits
Index