This book explores how women of the poorer and middling sorts in early modern England negotiated a patriarchal culture in which they were generally excluded, marginalized, or subordinated. It focuses on the networks of close friends ('gossips') which gave them a social identity beyond the narrowly domestic, providing both companionship and practical support in disputes with husbands and with neighbours of either sex. The book also examines the micropolitics of the household, with its internal alliances and feuds, and women's agency in neighbourhood politics, exercised by shaping local public opinion, exerting pressure on parish officials, and through the role of informal female juries.
If women did not openly challenge male supremacy, they could often play a significant role in shaping their own lives and the life of the local community.
| ISBN: | 9780199273195 |
| Publication date: | 15th July 2004 |
| Author: | B S Capp |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press an imprint of OUP OXFORD |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 412 pages |
| Series: | Oxford Studies in Social History |
| Genres: |
European history |
This book explores how women of the poorer and middling sorts in early modern England negotiated a patriarchal culture in which they were generally excluded, marginalized, or subordinated. It focuses on the networks of close friends ('gossips') which gave them a social identity beyond the narrowly domestic, providing both companionship and practical support in disputes with husbands and with neighbours of either sex.
When Gossips Meet features in the following genres: European history
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When Gossips Meet was written by B S Capp and published by Oxford University Press an imprint of OUP OXFORD
When Gossips Meet has 412 pages
Yes it is part of Oxford Studies in Social History series
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