Women and Nationalism in the Making of Modern Greece

The Founding of the Kingdom to the Greco-Turkish War
2009. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-230-54546-5
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 234 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 408 g

Reihe: St Antony's Series

This pioneering book reveals how nationalism in Ninteenth-century Greece helped women to develop an alternative vision of female politics, history, and citizenship. Shedding new light on women's ideas and beliefs the author brings to life the story of the ideas that formed our societies and individual identities.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tzanaki, Demetra

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments Introduction: The Antithesis between History and Recorded History PART I: GENDER AND THE NATION (1832-1869) King of the Greeks or King of the Hellenes? Morality and Female Authority The Prototype Kingdom. What Kind of Woman? PART II: THE EMERGENCE OF A FEMALE CONSCIOUSNESS: WOMEN AND THE NATION (1870-1880) The Choice of Terms Women and Hellenismos. The Publication of Evridiki The Cult of Domesticity and the World Outside Home Lessons of Life PART III: GENDER AND THE STATE (1880-1897) The Civic Religion A Kind of Power. Women and Politics: The Publication of Ephimeris ton Kyrion (1887-1897) Conclusion Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

DEMETRA TZANAKI studied political studies and Balkan history at the University of Athens, Greece, the University of London, UK and the University of Oxford, UK. She currently teaches at the University of Athens and is the author of .