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Stereotypes of women in power : historical perspectives and revisionist views / edited by Barbara Garlick, Suzanne Dixon, and Pauline Allen.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Contributions in women's studies ; no. 125.Publisher: New York : Greenwood Press, 1992Description: viii, 236 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0313277311
  • 9780313277313
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.42 20
LOC classification:
  • HQ1236 .S735 1992
Contents:
Introduction : Public and Private: The Paradigm's Power / Arlene W. Saxonhouse -- Female Officials in Ancient Egypt and Egyptian Historians / V.G. Callender -- On the Stage, Behind the Curtain: Images of Politically Active Women in the Late Roman Republic / Tom Hillard -- Julia's Jokes, Galla Placidia, and the Roman Use of Women as Political Icons / Amy Richlin -- Contemporary Portrayals of the Byzantine Empress Theodora (527-548 A.D.) / Pauline Allen -- Women and Power in the Scandinavian Sagas / Margaret Clunies Ross -- Imperial Women in the History of the Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 / Ellen Soulliere -- The Virago and Machiavelli / Lenore Coltheart -- Radical Hens and Vociferous Ladies: Representation and Class in the Mid-Nineteenth Century / Barbara Garlick -- Schemers, Dragons, and Witches: Criminal "Justice" and the Fair Sex / Jocelynne A. Scutt -- Conclusion: The Enduring Theme: Domineering Dowagers and Scheming Concubines / Suzanne Dixon.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : Public and Private: The Paradigm's Power / Arlene W. Saxonhouse -- Female Officials in Ancient Egypt and Egyptian Historians / V.G. Callender -- On the Stage, Behind the Curtain: Images of Politically Active Women in the Late Roman Republic / Tom Hillard -- Julia's Jokes, Galla Placidia, and the Roman Use of Women as Political Icons / Amy Richlin -- Contemporary Portrayals of the Byzantine Empress Theodora (527-548 A.D.) / Pauline Allen -- Women and Power in the Scandinavian Sagas / Margaret Clunies Ross -- Imperial Women in the History of the Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 / Ellen Soulliere -- The Virago and Machiavelli / Lenore Coltheart -- Radical Hens and Vociferous Ladies: Representation and Class in the Mid-Nineteenth Century / Barbara Garlick -- Schemers, Dragons, and Witches: Criminal "Justice" and the Fair Sex / Jocelynne A. Scutt -- Conclusion: The Enduring Theme: Domineering Dowagers and Scheming Concubines / Suzanne Dixon.

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