TY - BOOK AU - Tarabotti,Arcangela AU - Panizza,Letizia TI - Paternal tyranny T2 - The other voice in early modern Europe SN - 9780226789675 (electronic bk.) AV - BX4220.I8 T3713 2004eb U1 - 305.42 22 PY - 2004/// CY - Chicago PB - University of Chicago Press KW - Monastic and religious life of women KW - Italy KW - Venice KW - Women KW - Social conditions KW - Patriarchy KW - Religious aspects KW - Catholic Church KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Feminism & Feminist Theory KW - bisacsh KW - Vrouwendiscriminatie KW - gtt KW - Vader-dochter-relaties KW - Electronic books KW - საზოგადოებრივი მეცნიერებანი-- KW - ქალთა სამონასტრო ცხოვრება-- KW - რელიგიური ასპექტები N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 33-36) and index N2 - 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 UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=212691 ER -