Opposing Patriarchy Women and the Law in Action in PreUnification Italy 18151865 by Sara Delmedico
Brand: University of London Press
Product Description
Opposing Patriarchy explores womens increasing political activism in nineteenthcentury Italy. In Italy and beyond the nineteenth century was a time of great political change. Shifts in state boundaries and socioeconomic structures deeply affected the Italian political landscape including the nations legal system. Many Italian women who had lived within a strict patriarchal and hierarchical society began to redefine their identities beyond the traditional domestic roles of daughter wife and mother. This volume charts that process by focusing on womens attitudes towards the law and their interaction with the legal system. Sara Delmedico seeks to recover the forgotten voices and lives of those ordinary women who in their everyday lives reacted against the limitations and constraints imposed upon them by society and who refused to accept their status passively. As this volume shows the women of the period understood the law questioned obedience challenged authority and stood up for themselves. Even though they did not always achieve their goals their actions contributed to shaping our present. show more
Condition : New
Author : Sara Delmedico
Weight : 509.64
Publisher : University Of London Press
Language : English
EAN : 9780854572786
ISBN10 : 0854572783
Format : Paperback
Date of Publication : 20201812
Place of Publication : London United Kingdom
Pagination : NA
Dimensions : 152 X 229 X 17.78mm