Overview
- For students and scholars involved in gender, women’s history in music and literature, and sociology
- Written for researchers interested in the sociology of women and in gender studies
- Explores the intersection of female sociology, history of art, and gender studies
Part of the book series: Theory and History in the Human and Social Sciences (THHSS)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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About this book
Offering historical identity fortified by the presence of women belonging to the various areas of creative and intellectual life, this book allows readers to understand greater contexts of their identity.
The history of female artists is an indicator of how social identity was erased from the historiography which asserted itself in nineteenth-century Europe. Analysis of the biographical pathways traced here reveals how women in the Middle Ages and beyond have been active protagonists of the arts, received reviews, as well as had an authoritative role as the esteemed and attentive witnesses of the society around them.
Reconstruction of social relationships, intellectual and creative production as well as of the life stories of some of Europe’s most important female artists, foregrounds this omission and highlights their extraordinary nature.
The different stories contained in this book narrate the lives and works of Hildegard von Bingen, Francesca Caccini, Mary Wollstonecraft, George Sand, Lou Andreas Salomé and Elke Mascha Blankenburg.
By reinforcing the awareness of social and historical origins, the informed reader is better equipped to tackle their futures and build up their personalities.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
She is professor of sociological disciplines at the University of Roma Tre, Jagiellonian University of Krakow, Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris; her studies focus on the social condition of contemporary artists, the methodology of qualitative and complementary social research; she is author of three monographic volumes (The Social Action of the Poet, W. Szymborska in the Life of Readers in Poland and Italy; The social function of the musician, Life stories of European women artists, from the Middle Ages to the contemporary age.), and numerous essays in collective volumes and scientific journals.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The History and Life Stories of European Women in the Arts
Book Subtitle: From the Middle Ages to the Present
Authors: Milena Gammaitoni
Series Title: Theory and History in the Human and Social Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94456-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-94455-1Published: 31 March 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-94458-2Published: 01 April 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-94456-8Published: 30 March 2022
Series ISSN: 2523-8663
Series E-ISSN: 2523-8671
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 185
Topics: Psychology, general, Social Sciences, general, Gender Studies, Arts, History of Psychology