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When Gossips Meet
2003,2004
Overview
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.
Publisher
Oxford University Press,Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Subject
/ Early Modern History (1500 to 1700)
/ England
/ England -- Social conditions -- 16th century
/ Families
/ Family
/ Family -- England -- History -- 16th century
/ General history of Europe England & Wales
/ History
/ History of Gender and Sexuality
/ Women
ISBN
0191555088, 9780191555084, 9780199255986, 0199255989, 9780199273195, 0199273197
