World Famous Comics: Creating Women: An Anthology of Readings on Women in Western Culture, Volume 1 (Prehistory Through the Middle Ages) (Interdisciplinary Anthology of Readings on Women in Western Culture)
Creating Women: An Anthology of Readings on Women in Western Culture, Volume 1 (Prehistory Through the Middle Ages) (Interdisciplinary Anthology of Readings on Women in Western Culture)
Product Description: Bryant, Jean Gould, Elder, Linda Bennett, Creating Women: An Interdisciplinary Anthology of Readings on Women in Western Culture-Volume II,*/ A rich interdisciplinary two-volume anthology of primary source material examining women's participation in and contributions to western culture over the centuries. It documents prevalent concepts of the nature of women, her roles and status in diverse cultures, geographic locations and periods of western civilization. Narrative framework, biographical vignettes and introductions to documents carefully place women and their achievements within the social context in which they lived and worked.Women in the following time periods: the Paleolithic and Mesolithic, Neolithic, Ancient Near East, Egypt, Ancient Israel, Crete, Greek women, Etruscan women, roman republic, Hellenistic world, Hellenistic Judaism, Roman Empire, Christian Origins and early Christian world, Medieval Women and Culture the religious and secular context, renaissance and reformation, the northern renaissance, reformation and counter reformation, women in arts and music, women writers and thinkers, age of the enlightenment and French/American Revolutions, literature and music, women and religion, theatre, dance music, artists and writers, new directions in art and diverse voices.For anyone interested in women's impact on western culture.