Visualizing Household Health - Medieval Women, Art, and Knowledge in the Régime du corps

About the author

Jennifer Borland is Professor of Art History and Director of the Humanities Initiative at Oklahoma State University. She is a founding member of the Material Collective and managing editor of the journal Different Visions.

Summary

Examines several illustrated copies of the late medieval health guide known as the Regime du corps, demonstrating how the manuscripts' depictions of household care highlight female-dominated expertise within the domestic sphere.

Product details

• Authors: Jennifer Borland, Jennifer (Oklahoma State University) Borland
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.02.2022
• EAN: 9780271090597
• ISBN: 978-0-271-09059-7
• Dimensions: 203 mm x 254 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 1247 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss, Raster, farbig
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; European History, HISTORY / Europe / France, ART / European, HISTORY / Women, Medieval History, History of Art, History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art c 500 CE to c 1400, Interdisciplinary studies, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Medical Sociology, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Medieval style, General studies, ART / History / European / Medieval