her life and representation
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Amtower, Laurel > (introd..)
- Creator
- Kehler, Dorothea > (introd.)
- Creator
- Zatta, Jane
- Creator
- [et al.]
- Contributor
- Amster, Mara
- Publish Year
- 2003
- Shelfmark
- B5281 - B
- Thesaurus
- alleenstaanden, huwelijken, seksualiteit, maagdelijkheid, middeleeuwen, Renaissance (eng), Verenigd Koninkrijk
- Description
- During the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, single women in England might occupy one of more categories in accordance with their life stages, lifestyles, and economic status. Under the category of the single woman are found: widows, spinsters, entrepreneurs, wage earners, nuns, the handicapped, unwed mothers, cross-dressers, lesbians, kept women and prostitutes. This anthology mirrors the negotiations between the actual life circumstances of women and their ideological constructions on the page and stage.