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Paternal tyranny

Tarabotti, Arcangela.

Paternal tyranny [electronic resource] / Arcangela Tarabotti ; edited and translated by Letizia Panizza. - University of Chicago Press, 2004. - 1 online resource (xxix, 182 p.) - The other voice in early modern Europe . - Other voice in early modern Europe. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 33-36) and index.

Sharp-witted and sharp-tongued, Arcangela Tarabotti (1604-52) yearned to be formally educated and enjoy an independent life in Venetian literary circles. But instead, at sixteen, her father forced her into a Benedictine convent. To protest her confinement, Tarabotti composed polemical works exposing the many injustices perpetrated against women of her day. Paternal Tyranny, the first of these works, is a fiery but carefully argued manifesto against the oppression of women by the Venetian patriarchy. Denouncing key misogynist texts of the era, Tarabotti shows how despicable it was for Venice, a.

9780226789675 (electronic bk.) 0226789675 (electronic bk.) 9780226789651 (alk. paper) 0226789659 (alk. paper) 9780226789668 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0226789667 (pbk. : alk. paper)


Monastic and religious life of women--Italy--Venice.
Women--Social conditions.--Italy--Venice
Patriarchy--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Women--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Feminism & Feminist Theory.
Vrouwendiscriminatie.
Vader-dochter-relaties.
Electronic books.

საზოგადოებრივი მეცნიერებანი-- ქალთა სამონასტრო ცხოვრება-- რელიგიური ასპექტები


Electronic books.

BX4220.I8 / T3713 2004eb

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