History of women in the west : I. from ancient goddesses to Christian saints
(Book)

Translation of: Storia delle donne in Occidente

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

v. 1. Fom Ancient Goddesses to Christian Saints / Pauline Schmitt Pantel, editor. A new kind of history / N.Z. Davis, J.W. Scott ; Writing the history of women / G. Duby, M. Perrot ; Representations of women / P.S. Pantel ; What is a goddess? / N. Loraux ; The sexual philosophies of Plato and Aristotle / G. Sissa ; The division of the sexes in Roman law / Y. Thomas ; Figures of women / F. Lissarrague ; Marriage in Ancient Greece / C. Leduc ; Body politics in Ancient Rome / A. Rousselle ; Pandora's daughters and rituals in Grecian cities / L.B. Zaidman ; The religious roles of Roman women / J. Scheid ; Early Christian women / M. Alexandre ; Creating a myth of matriarchy / S. Georgoudi ; Women and ancient history today / P.S. Pantel ; The woman's voice -- v. 2. Silences of the Middle Ages / Christiane Klapisch-Zuber, editor. Writing the history of women / G. Duby, M. Perrot ; Including women / C. Klapisch-Zuber ; The clerical gaze / J. Dalarun ; The nature of women / C. Thomasset ; The protected woman / C. Casagrande ; The good wife / S. Vecchio ; Regulating women's fashion / D.O. Hughes ; Women from the fifth to the tenth century / S.F. Wemple ; The feudal order / P. L'Hermitage-Leclercq ; The courtly model / G. Duby ; Life in the Late Middle Ages / C. Opitz ; The world of women / F. Piponnier ; The imagined woman / C. Frugoni ; Literary and mystical voices / D. Regnier-Bohler -- Affidavits and confessions / G. Duby -- v. 3. Renaissance and Enlightenment Paradoxes / Natalie Zemon Davis and Arlette Farge, editors. Writing the history of women / Georges Duby and Michelle Perrot ; Women as historical actors / Natalie Zemon Davis and Arlette Farge ; Women, work, and family / Olwen Hufton ; The body, appearance, and sexuality / Sara F. Matthews Grieco ; The beautiful woman / Veronique Nahoum-Grappe ; translated by Arthur Goldhammer ; A daughter to educate / Martine Sonnet ; translated by Arthur Goldhammer ; Virgins and mothers between heaven and earth / Elisja Schulte van Kessel ; Women in politics / Natalie Zemon Davis ; Judging by images / Francoise Borin ; The ambiguities of literature / Jean-Paul Desaive ; The theater / Eric A. Nicholson ; A sampling of eighteenth-century philosophy / Michele Crampe-Casnabet ; The discourse of medicine and science / Evelyne Berriot-Salvadore ; From conversation to creation / Claude Dulong ; Female journalists / Nina Rattner Gelbart ; Witches / Jean-Michel Sallmann ; Prostitutes / Kathryn Norberg ; Criminals / Nicole Castan ; Protesters plain to see / Arlette Farge ; Glückel of Hameln, Jewish merchant woman / Natalie Zemon Davis ; Anne-Francoise Cornet, Parisian artisan / Arlette Farge -- v. 4. Emerging Feminism from Revolution to World War / Genevieve Fraisse and Michelle Perrot, editors. Writing the history of women / G. Duby, M. Perrot -- Orders and liberties / G. Fraisse, M. Perrot -- Daughters of liberty and revolutionary citizens / D. Godineau -- The French Revolution as the turning point / E.G. Sledziewski -- A philosophical history of sexual difference / G. Fraisse -- The law's contradictions / N. Arnaud-Duc -- Artistic and literary idolatries / S. Michaud -- Reading and writing in Germany / M.C. Hoock-Demarle -- The Catholic model / M. De Giorgio -- The Protestant woman / J. Bauberot -- The making of the modern Jewish woman / N.L. Green ; The secular model of girls' education / F. Mayeur -- Images: appearances, leisure, and subsistence / A. Higonnet -- Representations of women / A. Higonnet -- Bodies and hearts / Y. Knibiehler -- Dangerous sexualities / J.R. Walkowitz -- The woman worker / J.W. Scott -- Single women / C. Dauphin -- Stepping out / M. Perrot -- Feminist scenes / A.M. Kappeli -- The new Eve and the old Adam / A. Maugue -- Germaine de Stael / G. Fraisse, M. Perrot -- Lou Andreas-Salome / G. Fraisse, M. Perrot.-- v. 5. Toward a Cultural Identity in the Twentieth Century / Francoise Thebaud, editor. Writing the history of women / G. Duby, M. Perrot ; Explorations of gender / Francoise Thebaud ; The Great War and the triumph of sexual division / Francoise Thebaud ; The modern woman of the 1920s, American style / Nancy Cott ; Between the wars in France and England / Anne-Marie Sohn ; How Mussolini ruled Italian women / Victoria de Grazia ; Nazi gender policies and women's history / Gisela Bock ; The women of Spain from the Republic to France / Daniele Bussy Genevois ; French women under Vichy / Helene Eck ; The Soviet model / Francoise Navailh ; Philosophical differences / Francoise Collin ; The creators of culture in France / Marcelle Marini ; The ambivalent image of women in mass culture / Luisa Passerini ; Women, images, and representation / Anne Higonnet ; Poverty and mothers' rights in the emerging welfare states / Gisela Bock ; Maternity, family, and the state / Nadine Lefaucheur ; A supervised emancipation / Rose-Marie Lagrave ; Law and democracy / Mariette Sineau ; Feminisms of the 1970s / Yasmine Ergas ; From feminine to feminism in Quebec / Yolande Cohen ; Reproduction and bioethics / Jacqueline Costa-Lascoux ; Women's voices: Christa Wolf, Kelly Kaplan / Francoise Thebaud