Emerging Female Citizen - Gender and Enlightenment in Spain

Informationen zum Autor Theresa Ann Smith received her PhD in History from the University of California! San Diego. She is a Visiting Scholar at UCLA's Center for Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Studies and Chair of the Social Studies Department at Oakwood School in North Hollywood. Klappentext An important study of women and their roles in society during the 18th-century Spanish Enlightenment. Zusammenfassung Shows that Spanish intellectuals, calls for Spain to modernize its political, social, and economic institutions brought the question of women's place to the forefront, along with women themselves. This book illustrates the visibility of women, and reveals the processes that led to their swift exit from public institutions in the early 1800s. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Part I. Developing Ideologies of Citizenship 1. The Woman Question 2. Admitted Equals: Art and Letters 3. On Equal Terms? Membership in the Economic Society Part II. Enacting Citizenship 4. Negotiating a Female Public: Writers and Reformers 5. Public Works: Female Citizens as Mothers and Workers 6. Between Reason and Passion: Citizenship in Translation Conclusion Notes Selected Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Theresa Ann Smith, Smith Theresa Ann
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.05.2006
• EAN: 9780520245839
• ISBN: 978-0-520-24583-9
• No. of pages: 330
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Studies on the History of Society and Culture; Studies on the History of Soci; Studies on the History of Society and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, Spain, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Women, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Social and cultural history, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, HISTORY / Europe / Spain