Women in Eighteenth-Century Scotland

Women in Eighteenth-Century Scotland

Intimate, Intellectual and Public Lives

Barclay, Katie; Simonton, Deborah

Taylor & Francis Ltd

06/2019

304

Mole

Inglês

9781138379831

15 a 20 dias

453

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Contents: Introduction, Katie Barclay and Deborah Simonton; Part I Intimate Lives: Female birthing customs and beliefs, Anne Cameron; Love and courtship in 18th-century Scotland, Katie Barclay; When a lass goes 'so round', with her 'tua sides high': oral culture and women's views on illegitimacy, Svetla Baloutzova; Family, politics and reform in Margaret Cullen's Home: a Novel (1802), Jane Rendall. Part II Intellectual Lives: The value of feminine culture: community involvement in the provision of schooling for girls in 18th-century Scotland, Lindy Moore; The depiction of literacy, schooling and education in the autobiographical writings of 18th-century Scottish women, Betty Hagglund; Making mechanics modern: Mary Somerville's translation of Laplace's Mecanique celeste, Margaret Carlyle and James Wallace; Tourist sites and travellers: women and late 18th-century Scottish tourism, Pam Perkins; Scarred, suffering bodies: 18th-century Scottish women travellers on slavery, sentiment and sensibility, Corey E. Andrews. Part III Public Lives: Women, land and power: a case for continuity, Rosalind Carr; Negotiating the economy of the 18th-century Scottish town: female entrepreneurs claim their place, Deborah Simonton; The display and trading of fashionable dress and its impact on women in Scotland's growing urban centres, c.1780-1825, Louisa Cross; 'Outrageous acts and everyday rebellions': criminal women in 18th-century Scotland, Anne-Marie Kilday; Further reading; Index.
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