Gender Inequalities in Rural European Communities During 19th and Early 20th Century

A Historical Perspective

Polly Thanailaki (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XVIII, 164 Seiten

2018
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-75234-1 (ISBN)

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This book provides an overview of women's opportunities for schooling, their social activities, and the social biases they faced in rural communities in Greece, Italy and parts of the Balkans during the 19th and early 20th century. It examines such topics as female illiteracy, the efforts of women-protestant missionaries to expand knowledge through Protestantism, the prejudice against education for women, the socio-economic context, the roles women fulfilled, and the structure of the patriarchal family. The book approaches these issues from the perspective of pedagogy and social history. The fundamental questions discussed by the book are: How was female education viewed by the country folk? What was the role of women in the private and the public sphere? How did peasant women respond to the challenges of the 'modern' world? Were they free to express their feelings and ambitions? In what way? Were they happy?

Polly Thanailaki holds a Ph.D. in Modern History from Democritus University of Thrace, Greece and is a visiting scholar at Harvard University, USA. She currently collaborates with the University of Piraeus.

Chapter 1. The Curse of Athena- Female Illiteracy in the Greek Countryside.- Chapter 2. 'Caught in the spider's web'. Women's schooling in the rural communities in Italy and in parts of the Balkans.- Chapter 3. Hera, the Greek Goddess of Marriage: A Comparison Between Greek and Italian Peasant Women.- Chapter 4. Spreading the 'Word of God'. Women- missionaries and Protestant Education in the Balkans, Greece and Italy.- Chapter 5. Demeter , the goddess of the harvest: Women's social life in the villages.- Chapter 6. Euterpe, the Muse of Music: Women's Position as Seen Through Folklore Songs and Dances (19th to Early 20th Centuries).- Conclusions.

Erscheinungsdatum	28.03.2018
Zusatzinfo	XVIII, 164 p. 7 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	439 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
Schlagworte	Female Schooling in Rural Greece • Feminist Movements in the 19th Century • Higher Education for Girls • Married Women's Lives in Peasant Greek and Italian • Married Women’s Lives in Peasant Greek and Italian Communities • Patriarchal Family in the Communities of Southern • Patriarchal Family in the Communities of Southern Europe • Peasant Women in Greece • Protestant Female Missionary Educational Attempts • Schooling of Village Women in the Balkans • Women's Social Status in the 19th Century • Women’s Social Status in the 19th Century • Women's Status through Dance and Vocal Performance • Women’s Status through Dance and Vocal Performances
ISBN-10	3-319-75234-0 / 3319752340
ISBN-13	978-3-319-75234-1 / 9783319752341
Zustand	Neuware