Gender, Mediation, and Popular Education in Venice, 17601830

Gender, Mediation and Popular Education in Venice, 1760-1830 examines how women with enough cultural capital could turn their identity as representatives of "the public" - those on the receiving end of education - to their advantage, producing knowledge under the guise of relaying it.

List of contents

1. Gender, Aesthetics and the Public in Venice 2. Women Writing Portraits 3. Editing and Interpreting Character in the Theatre 4. The Value of the Female Dilettante 5. Women and History

About the author

Susan Dalton is an associate professor of history at the Université de Montréal. Her latest research focusses on elite women's roles as popularizers in the area of art and literature through the production of letteratura amena or light reading. She has published articles in Eighteenth-Century Studies, Women's History Review and was one of the co-authors of Interacting with Print: Intermediality in the Era of Print Saturation.

Product details

• Authors: Susan (Universite De Montreal Dalton, Dalton Susan
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.01.2025
• EAN: 9781032190983
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3219098-3
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Cultures and Societies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, EDUCATION / General, Education, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, Venice, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Italy, c 1800 to c 1900, Social and cultural history, Gender studies, gender groups, Early 19th century c 1800 to c 1850, C 1700 To C 1800, Later 18th century c 1750 to c 1799, 1760, 1830, Gender, Venice, Education, History