Reading, Gender and Identity in Seventeenth-Century England

Reading, Gender and Identity in Seventeenth-Century EnglandOffering a more complete picture of womens reading experiences in seventeenth century England, this book examines attitudes to womens reading both within early modern gender discourse and from women readers themselves. It draws on diaries, letters, annotated books and other archival sources to explore the relationship between reading habits and constructing (gender) identity, ultimately questioning the accepted notion of the woman reader itself.

sketches of some of monasticism’s founding figures

This collection of essays looks at the meanings

and trajectories that shaped the Ustashe terrorists and their attack in Marseille

a trailblazing director

‘Aging within Transnational Families’ focuses on the often overlooked role of older people as active agents within transnational families

particularly from the likely temple

It also considers its alternative

while not as chronologically decisive

The Happenings that burst on to the late 1950s cultural scene were rapidly declared passé and even ‘dead’

this book offers rare insight into activist ethnography and the role of emotions and violence in social movement reproduction

The originality of the text lies not only in the breadth of wartime practices considered

The studies have been updated and are accompanied by a comprehensive index