Never Marry a Woman with Big Feet: Women in Proverbs from Around the WorldYale University Press, 01.01.2003 - 422 Seiten In cultures all over the globe, sex and gender issues have been expressed in proverbs, the world's smallest literary genre. This fascinating book provides revealing insights into the female condition across centuries and continents, as recorded in thousands of vivid and earthy proverbs about women. Mineke Schipper analyses similarities, differences, and contradictions in the cultural norms about gender expressed in thousands of proverbs she has found from over 150 countries. Grouping the sayings into such categories as the female body, love, sex, childbirth, and female power, she finds shared patterns in ideas about women (and how men see them). Part cross-cultural study, part literary criticism, and part anthology, her book is a unique and intriguing resource to dip into again and again. |
Inhalt
THE FEMALE BODY | 18 |
BEAUTY AND BEAUTIFYING | 51 |
THE FEMALE BODY ANTHOLOGY | 68 |
PHASES OF LIFE | 93 |
WIVES COWIVES WIDOWS | 108 |
Why an Extra Wife? | 115 |
Death of Wife Death of Husband | 121 |
Remarrying | 127 |
Pregnancy | 236 |
BASICS OF LIFE ANTHOLOGY | 242 |
FEMALE POWER | 266 |
KNOWLEDGE | 287 |
From Healing to Poisoning | 294 |
Devil and Satan | 301 |
Do Not Praise and Do Not Trust | 308 |
HusbandBeating | 315 |
Mothers and Children Mothers and Sons | 133 |
MothersinLaw versus DaughtersinLaw | 140 |
Death and the MotherinLaw | 145 |
Bad Old Age | 151 |
Status and Authority | 157 |
BASICS OF LIFE | 204 |
Bitter Worries and Sweet Words | 214 |
Pleasure | 223 |
FERTILITY PREGNANCY CHILDBIRTH | 230 |
MESSAGES OF IMAGES | 350 |
GENDERED PLACES AND SPACES | 364 |
Images in Search of Hierarchies | 371 |
PROVERBIAL IMAGINATION IN AN | 387 |
Endnotes | 393 |
Languages Cultures and Countries | 402 |
415 | |
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Never Marry a Woman with Big Feet: Women in Proverbs from Around the World Mineke Schipper Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2006 |
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