Women in Central and Southeastern Europe, 1700-1900

Life, Literacy, and Social Entanglements in a Transnational Setting
2024
ISBN: 978-3-031-60464-5
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 244 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

This book explores portraits of significant women living in central and southeastern Europe whose lives and activities remain unknown, uncovering their lifestyles as well as the social entanglements relating to their education. The book also examines transnationality and modernity, arguing that during the eighteenth to nineteenth centuries transculturality as a cultural marker was in contrast with national fallacies. In addition to this, it provides insight into the controversies concerning women’s social standing, and it investigates the prevailing social norms, restrictions, and biases that affected their lives. The book draws on a wide range of original printed sources such as school archives, government documents, newspapers, and journals as well as secondary sources of literature.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thanailaki, Polly

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction.- 2. Transnational and Transcultural Traits in Female Literacy: The Phanariots and Boyars in the Ottoman Empire.- 3. Roxandra Sturdza: A Portrait of a Phanariot Lady.- 4. Hamko-Mother of Ali Pasha of Ioannina-And the Women of her Entourage.- 5. Women Social Status and Life in the Mansions of Kastoria during the Ottoman Rule.- 6. Cosmopolitanism and Transculturality in the Habsburg Empire: The Art-loving and Charitable Ladies of Sinas Family.- 7. Domestic Crafts Education as a Pedagogical Object in Girls' Schools in Independent Greece: National and Transnational Dimensions.- 8. Transculturality Versus Nationalism: The Greek Diaspora Girls' Schools in Central Europe, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean Ports, 1800s-1900s.- 9. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Polly Thanailaki holds a PhD in Modern History from Democritus University of Thrace, Greece, and was a visiting scholar at Harvard University, USA. Her previous publications include (Springer, 2018) and (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021).