Ritual and Conflict.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Taylor and Francis,
2016.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9781317062493 1317062493 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Legitimate and Bastard Births; Illegitimacy as a Risk; Regimes of Punishment; The Impact of Punishment; The Problem of Maintenance; The Fate of the Single Mother; Desperate Remedies; 2 The Bonds of Marriage; The Solemnisation of Matrimony; Worldly Goods; â#x80;#x98;With my body I thee worshipâ#x80;#x99;; To Obey and Serve; Enforcing Obedience; The â#x80;#x98;Patriarchal Familyâ#x80;#x99;?; 3 Gender and Power; Skimmingtons and Shrews; Narratives of Gender-relations; The â#x80;#x98;Originalâ#x80;#x99; of Masculine Government; Collusion, Resistance, Contests.
- 4 The Ceremony of ChildbirthA Female Ritual; The Midwifeâ#x80;#x99;s Office; Lying-in; Baptism; The Meaning of the Ceremony; Churching: A Safe Deliverance; Conclusion; Counter-power, Collective Culture, Interests; The Bodily and the Social; Bibliography.