Gender and Status Competition in Pre-Modern Societies

Edited by Martha Bayless Edited by Jonas Liliequist Edited by Lewis Webb

Extent: 340, 340 pages

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Subjects: Gender & Sexuality, Social Sciences

Series: Studies in the History of Daily Life (800-1600)

Series volume number: 10

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(February 2022)

ISBN: 9782503596327

Price: $107.00

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This innovative volume of pre-modern cultural history offers the opportunity to compare the ways in which gender and status competition intersect across periods and places.

This innovative volume of cultural history offers a unique exploration of how gender and status competition have intersected across different periods and places. The contributions collected here focus on the role of women and the practice of masculinity in settings as varied as ancient Rome, China, Iran, and Arabia, medieval and early modern England, and early modern Italy, France, and Scandinavia, as well as exploring issues that affected people of all social rank, from raillery and pranks to shaming, male boasting about sexual conquests, court rituals, violence, and the use and display of wealth. Particular attention is paid to the performance of such issues, with chapters examining status and gender through cultural practices, especially specific (re)presentations of women. These include Roman priestesses, early Christian virgin martyrs, flirtation in seventh-century Arabia, and the attempt by an early modern French woman to take her place among the immortals. Together this wide-ranging and fascinating array of studies from renowned scholars offers new insights into how and why different cultures responded to the drive for status, and the complications of gender within that drive.

Edited by Martha Bayless
Edited by Jonas Liliequist
Edited by Lewis Webb

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