Women in World History: v. 1: Readings from Prehistory to 1500

by Hughes,Sarah Shaver

• ISBN13: 9781563243110
• ISBN10: 1563243113
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-05-31
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Examining selected societies in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas, this uniquely designed history discusses political and economic issues; marriage practices, motherhood, and enslavement; religious beliefs and spiritual development. It includes well known as well as lesser-known and anonymous women. Both primary and secondary source readings are included.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Introduction: Gendering World History, Globalizing Women's History	p. 1
Prehistoric Women: Shaping Evolution, Sustenance, and Economy	p. 9
Women in the "Gatherer-Hunter" Phase	p. 11
"Women in Evolution"
Who Invented Farming?	p. 16
Women in Prehistory
Women's Carding, Spinning, and Weaving	p. 20
Prehistoric Textiles
Cooking: Women's Work in the Division of Labor	p. 22
"The Raw, the Cooked, and the Half-Baked"
The Women of Ancient Egypt	p. 27
Hatshepsut's Reign, 1473-1458 B.C.E.	p. 28
Inscription from Hatshepsut's Temple
A Brother-Sister Marriage	p. 31
The Story of Naneferkaptah and Ahwere
Women's Work	p. 33
The Remarkable Women of Ancient Egypt
Cleopatra, 69-30 B.C.E.	p. 35
Cleopatra: A Study in Politics and Propaganda
India: Women in Early Hindu and Buddhist Cultures	p. 47
The Laws of Manu	p. 49
The Laws of Manu
The Carpenter's Wife	p. 51
A Folk Tale
Sita, the Ideal Hindu Wife	p. 52
The Ramayana
Psalms of the Buddhist Nuns	p. 56
Therigatha
Israel: Jewish Women in the Torah and the Diaspora	p. 63
Eve's Purpose and Her Sin in Genesis	p. 65
Genesis 2:7-9, 16-8, 21-5
Genesis 3:1-7, 9-13
Genesis 3:16-7
Marriage and Childbirth among Eve's Descendants	p. 67
Genesis 29:13-32
Genesis 30:1-6
Genesis 38:6-26
The Rites of Jewish Women	p. 71
Leviticus 15:16-30
Marriage in the Diaspora: Medieval Egypt	p. 73
A Mediterranean Society
Greece: Patriarchal Dominance in Classical Athens	p. 79
The Reign of Phallocracy	p. 81
The Reign of the Phallus
The Perfect Wife at Home	p. 82
Oeconomicus
Athenian Slavery	p. 88
The Reign of the Phallus
Neaera, a Courtesan	p. 90
Court Records of the Trial of Neaera
China: Imperial Women of the Han Dynasty (202 B.C.E.-220 C.E.)	p. 97
The Regency of Empress Lu	p. 98
The History of the Former Han Dynasty Correspondence of Empress Lu and Mao-tun
Chinese Women as Pawns	p. 105
"Eighteen Verses Sung to a Tatar Reed Whistle"
Princesses as Power Brokers	p. 108
"Imperial Marriage in the Native Chinese and Non-Han State, Han to Ming"
Women in the Late Roman Republic: Independence, Divorce, and Serial Marriages	p. 113
Letters from Cicero to His Wife, Terentia	p. 114
Cicero: The Letters to His Friends
The Proscription of 43 B.C.E.	p. 118
Appian's Roman History
Hortensia's Speech	p. 120
Appian's Roman History
The Roman Family	p. 122
"Divorce Roman Style"
"Remarriage and the Structure of the Upper-Class Roman Family"
Western Europe: Christian Women on Manors, in Convents, and in Towns	p. 129
Christianity's Dual Vision of Women	p. 130
The Passion of Saint Perpetua
Galatians 3:26-8
Colossians 3:18-22
1 Corinthians 4:33-5
1 Timothy 2:8-15
Conversion of the Franks	p. 133
"The Thuringian War"
Nuns as Popular Authors: Hildegard of Bingen	p. 137
Beyond Their Sex
A Nun's Poetry	p. 141
"Eve" and "The Virgin Mary"
Christine de Pisan, Professional Writer	p. 142
Beyond Their Sex
"Objections to The Romance of the Rose"
How Ladies Who Live on Their Lands Should Conduct Themselves
Parisian Women's Occupations in 1292 and 1313 C.E.	p. 146
Opera Muliebria: Women and Work in Medieval Europe
The Middle East: Islam, the Family, and the Seclusion of Women	p. 151
The Quran	p. 152
The Holy Quran, 24:32
"The Past and Present of Women in the Muslim World"
Aisha, Muhammad's Beloved Wife	p. 156
Aishah the Beloved of Mohammed
Muslim Women in Medieval Cairo	p. 162
"Manners and Customs of Fourteenth-Century Cairene Women"
China and Japan: The Patriarchal Ideal	p. 173
Confucian Mothers	p. 176
The Biographies of Eminent Chinese Women
Footbinding in China	p. 180
"Women in China, Japan, and Korea"
Women in the Japanese Emperor's Court	p. 182
The Pillow Book
"Did He Come to Me"
"This Name of Hers"
Africa: Traders, Slaves, Sorcerers, and Queen Mothers	p. 189
Female Slavery and Women's Work	p. 190
The Book of Routes and Realms
Journey
Women's Friendship with Men	p. 193
Journey
Sorcerers and Queens	p. 195
Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali
Queens and Queen Mothers	p. 200
Journey
The Meaning of Nudity	p. 204
Journey
Southeast Asia: The Most Fortunate Women in the World	p. 207
Gender Autonomy	p. 208
Southeast Asia in the Age of Commerce, 1450-1680
Marriage	p. 212
Southeast Asia in the Age of Commerce, 1450-1680
"Sharing a Husband"
Merchants, Diplomats, and Queens	p. 217
The Customs of Cambodia
Southeast Asia in the Age of Commerce, 1450-1680
The Travels of Mendes Pinto
Widespread Literacy	p. 224
Southeast Asia in the Age of Commerce, 1450-1680
The Americas: Aztec, Inca, and Iroquois Women	p. 227
Aztec Greetings to Newborn Babies	p. 228
The Florentine Codex
Aztec Women's Careers and Character	p. 230
The Florentine Codex
The Aztec Ceremony of the Sweeping of the Roads, September 1-20	p. 235
Aztecs: An Interpretation
The Politics of Iroquois Cooperation	p. 238
"Iroquois Women"
Food and Power	p. 241
"Iroquois Women"
Pawns of the Inca	p. 242
Moon, Sun, and Witches
Glossary	p. 247
About the Editors	p. 251
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