My Account Log in

1 option

Women and men in early modern Venice : reassessing history / Satya Datta.

Van Pelt Library DG678 .D37 2003
Loading location information...

By Request Item cannot be checked out at the library but can be requested.

Log in to request item
Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Datta, Satya Brata.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Man-woman relationships.
History.
Artisans.
Women.
Venice (Italy)--History--1508-1797.
Venice (Italy).
Venice (Italy)--Social conditions--To 1797.
Women--Italy--Venice--History.
Artisans--Italy--Venice--History.
Man-woman relationships--Italy--Venice--History.
Italy--Venice.
Physical Description:
xv, 256 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Place of Publication:
Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT. : Ashgate, [2003]
Contents:
1 Reflecting on the Nature of Historical Discourse: Some Theoretical Considerations 1
Epistemological Considerations 3
Descriptive gender studies 3
The Scott-Tilly-Varikas controversy on gender/experience/discursive reality 5
Intellectual history after the linguistic turn: texts and reality 10
Meaning and experience in historical reality: a realist epistemological position 13
Methodological Considerations 16
The Object of Study and its Underlying Normative Commitment 20
Logic of the Chapter Arrangement 22
2 The Social Experiences of Artisans in the Light of the Ruler-Ruled Relationship 25
The Conceptualization of the Early Modern State in Contemporary Writings and the Case of Venice 27
The Dialectics of Patrician-Popolani Relations and its Impact 37
Patrician hegemony expressed through the state 43
Popular consent in civil society 51
Anti-hegemonic tendencies 68
3 The Cultural Experiences of Venetian Artisans During the Renaissance 89
Culture/Popular Culture and Historical Studies 90
Artists and Artisans in Renaissance Venice 96
The separation of mental work from manual work 96
The world of Venetian artists and artisans 99
Artist-Artisan Collaboration 128
The Issue of Art Consumption 131
The role of trade guild confraternities in art promotion 137
The role of devotional confraternities in art patronage 144
The role of small confraternities in narrative paintings 147
4 Visible Women: The Feminist Experiences of Three Venetian Writers 155
Moderata Fonte, Lucrezia Marinella and Arcangela Tarabotti: Three Early Feminist Voices 158
Moderata Fonte's Il merito delle donne 160
Lucrezia Marinella's La nobilta et eccellenza delle donne 164
Arcangela Tarabotti as a nun and a feminist 167
The Preconditions for Feminism in Early Modern Venice 172
The Intellectual Status of Women in Sixteenth-century Italy 173
The Social Status of Women in Early Modern Venice 176
The oppression of women and social class 176
The patriarchal view of female morality 178
Marriage and 'donne malmaritate' (unhappily married women) 179
5 Invisible Women: The Working Experiences of Venetian Lacemakers 183
A Useful Opening 183
Interiority in History: The World of Venetian Working Women 185
A short itinerary through the historical writings on women's work in Venice 186
A dramatic story of insignificant women 190
Dramatis personae 191
Narrative sequences 196
The world of lacemaking 200
Deciphering the Meaning of Women's Working Experiences 208.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-248) and index.
ISBN:
0754633470
OCLC:
50322829

The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.

Find

Home Release notes

My Account

Shelf Request an item Bookmarks Fines and fees Settings

Guides

Using the Find catalog Using Articles+ Using your account