Title: Feminist readings of early modern culture
Description: How did the events of the early modern period affect the way gender and the self were represented? This collection of essays attempts to respond to this question by analyzing a wide spectrum of cultural concerns -- humanism, technology, science, law, anatomy, literacy, domesticity, colonialism, erotic practices, and the theatre -- in order to delineate the history of subjectivity and its relationship with the postmodern fragmented subject. The scope of this analysis expands the terrain explored by feminist theory, while its feminist focus reveals that the subject is always gendered -- although the terms in which gender is conceived and represented change across history. "Feminist Readings of Early Modern Culture" not only explores the representation of gendered subjects, but in its commitment to balancing the productive tensions of methodological diversity, also speaks to contemporary challenges facing feminism. -- From publisher's description.
Subjects: Feminism and literature, English literature, History and criticism, Sex role in literature, Renaissance, Subjectivity in literature, Women and literature, Gender identity in literature, History, Feminism in literature, Literature, history and criticism, Feminist theory, English literature, history and criticism, early modern, 1500-1700, Renaissance, england, Feminism, Women, Gender Identity, Literature
Places: England
Time periods: Early modern, 1500-1700, 17th century, 16th century