Women in World History: v. 1: Readings from Prehistory to 1500
, by Hughes,Sarah ShaverNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9781563243103 | 1563243105
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 5/31/1995
Foreword | |
Preface | |
Introduction: Gendering World History, Globalizing Women's History | p. 1 |
Prehistoric Women: Shaping Evolution, Sustenance, and Economy | p. 9 |
Women in the "Gatherer-Hunter" Phase | p. 11 |
"Women in Evolution" | |
Who Invented Farming? | p. 16 |
Women in Prehistory | |
Women's Carding, Spinning, and Weaving | p. 20 |
Prehistoric Textiles | |
Cooking: Women's Work in the Division of Labor | p. 22 |
"The Raw, the Cooked, and the Half-Baked" | |
The Women of Ancient Egypt | p. 27 |
Hatshepsut's Reign, 1473-1458 B.C.E. | p. 28 |
Inscription from Hatshepsut's Temple | |
A Brother-Sister Marriage | p. 31 |
The Story of Naneferkaptah and Ahwere | |
Women's Work | p. 33 |
The Remarkable Women of Ancient Egypt | |
Cleopatra, 69-30 B.C.E. | p. 35 |
Cleopatra: A Study in Politics and Propaganda | |
India: Women in Early Hindu and Buddhist Cultures | p. 47 |
The Laws of Manu | p. 49 |
The Laws of Manu | |
The Carpenter's Wife | p. 51 |
A Folk Tale | |
Sita, the Ideal Hindu Wife | p. 52 |
The Ramayana | |
Psalms of the Buddhist Nuns | p. 56 |
Therigatha | |
Israel: Jewish Women in the Torah and the Diaspora | p. 63 |
Eve's Purpose and Her Sin in Genesis | p. 65 |
Genesis 2:7-9, 16-8, 21-5 | |
Genesis 3:1-7, 9-13 | |
Genesis 3:16-7 | |
Marriage and Childbirth among Eve's Descendants | p. 67 |
Genesis 29:13-32 | |
Genesis 30:1-6 | |
Genesis 38:6-26 | |
The Rites of Jewish Women | p. 71 |
Leviticus 15:16-30 | |
Marriage in the Diaspora: Medieval Egypt | p. 73 |
A Mediterranean Society | |
Greece: Patriarchal Dominance in Classical Athens | p. 79 |
The Reign of Phallocracy | p. 81 |
The Reign of the Phallus | |
The Perfect Wife at Home | p. 82 |
Oeconomicus | |
Athenian Slavery | p. 88 |
The Reign of the Phallus | |
Neaera, a Courtesan | p. 90 |
Court Records of the Trial of Neaera | |
China: Imperial Women of the Han Dynasty (202 B.C.E.-220 C.E.) | p. 97 |
The Regency of Empress Lu | p. 98 |
The History of the Former Han Dynasty Correspondence of Empress Lu and Mao-tun | |
Chinese Women as Pawns | p. 105 |
"Eighteen Verses Sung to a Tatar Reed Whistle" | |
Princesses as Power Brokers | p. 108 |
"Imperial Marriage in the Native Chinese and Non-Han State, Han to Ming" | |
Women in the Late Roman Republic: Independence, Divorce, and Serial Marriages | p. 113 |
Letters from Cicero to His Wife, Terentia | p. 114 |
Cicero: The Letters to His Friends | |
The Proscription of 43 B.C.E. | p. 118 |
Appian's Roman History | |
Hortensia's Speech | p. 120 |
Appian's Roman History | |
The Roman Family | p. 122 |
"Divorce Roman Style" | |
"Remarriage and the Structure of the Upper-Class Roman Family" | |
Western Europe: Christian Women on Manors, in Convents, and in Towns | p. 129 |
Christianity's Dual Vision of Women | p. 130 |
The Passion of Saint Perpetua | |
Galatians 3:26-8 | |
Colossians 3:18-22 | |
1 Corinthians 4:33-5 | |
1 Timothy 2:8-15 | |
Conversion of the Franks | p. 133 |
"The Thuringian War" | |
Nuns as Popular Authors: Hildegard of Bingen | p. 137 |
Beyond Their Sex | |
A Nun's Poetry | p. 141 |
"Eve" and "The Virgin Mary" | |
Christine de Pisan, Professional Writer | p. 142 |
Beyond Their Sex | |
"Objections to The Romance of the Rose" | |
How Ladies Who Live on Their Lands Should Conduct Themselves | |
Parisian Women's Occupations in 1292 and 1313 C.E. | p. 146 |
Opera Muliebria: Women and Work in Medieval Europe | |
The Middle East: Islam, the Family, and the Seclusion of Women | p. 151 |
The Quran | p. 152 |
The Holy Quran, 24:32 | |
"The Past and Present of Women in the Muslim World" | |
Aisha, Muhammad's Beloved Wife | p. 156 |
Aishah the Beloved of Mohammed | |
Muslim Women in Medieval Cairo | p. 162 |
"Manners and Customs of Fourteenth-Century Cairene Women" | |
China and Japan: The Patriarchal Ideal | p. 173 |
Confucian Mothers | p. 176 |
The Biographies of Eminent Chinese Women | |
Footbinding in China | p. 180 |
"Women in China, Japan, and Korea" | |
Women in the Japanese Emperor's Court | p. 182 |
The Pillow Book | |
"Did He Come to Me" | |
"This Name of Hers" | |
Africa: Traders, Slaves, Sorcerers, and Queen Mothers | p. 189 |
Female Slavery and Women's Work | p. 190 |
The Book of Routes and Realms | |
Journey | |
Women's Friendship with Men | p. 193 |
Journey | |
Sorcerers and Queens | p. 195 |
Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali | |
Queens and Queen Mothers | p. 200 |
Journey | |
The Meaning of Nudity | p. 204 |
Journey | |
Southeast Asia: The Most Fortunate Women in the World | p. 207 |
Gender Autonomy | p. 208 |
Southeast Asia in the Age of Commerce, 1450-1680 | |
Marriage | p. 212 |
Southeast Asia in the Age of Commerce, 1450-1680 | |
"Sharing a Husband" | |
Merchants, Diplomats, and Queens | p. 217 |
The Customs of Cambodia | |
Southeast Asia in the Age of Commerce, 1450-1680 | |
The Travels of Mendes Pinto | |
Widespread Literacy | p. 224 |
Southeast Asia in the Age of Commerce, 1450-1680 | |
The Americas: Aztec, Inca, and Iroquois Women | p. 227 |
Aztec Greetings to Newborn Babies | p. 228 |
The Florentine Codex | |
Aztec Women's Careers and Character | p. 230 |
The Florentine Codex | |
The Aztec Ceremony of the Sweeping of the Roads, September 1-20 | p. 235 |
Aztecs: An Interpretation | |
The Politics of Iroquois Cooperation | p. 238 |
"Iroquois Women" | |
Food and Power | p. 241 |
"Iroquois Women" | |
Pawns of the Inca | p. 242 |
Moon, Sun, and Witches | |
Glossary | p. 247 |
About the Editors | p. 251 |
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