Representations of Femininity in Seventeenth Century Conduct Manuals for Gentlemen

• Authors: Stefania Biscetti
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper investigates conceptual representations of women in 17th century conduct manuals for gentlemen published in England before and after the Civil War. The aim is to see whether the socio-cultural transformations produced by the Revolution are reflected in the metaphorical expressions referring to the female sex in a highly conservative textual genre

Keywords

EN

conduct literature; femininity; gender roles; metaphor analysis

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Gender Studies
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 160-171

Dates

published

2012-12-01

online

2013-02-08

Contributors

author

Stefania Biscetti

• University of L’Aquila Via Giovanni Falcone 25, 67100 Coppito (AQ), Italy

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10320-012-0036-3