Defining Gender

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Fully digitized rare primary source literature. Material has been selected from a European perspective with an emphasis on British and European sources.

Contains complete scanned books, pamphlets, periodicals, collections of letters, biographies, short stories, novels, and poetry, as well as recent thematic essays by leading scholars in the field of Gender Studies which place the documents within a broad historical, literary and cultural context.

Currently containing sections on Conduct and Politeness and Domesticity and the Family, Defining Gender includes some of the seminal texts used in Gender studies from authors such as Christine De Pisan, Daniel Defoe, Delarivier Manley, Margery Kempe, and Mary Wollstonecraft. Some key areas of behavior of men and women addressed include cookery, health, courtship, marriage and role of husband and wife, sexuality, courtly behavior, children, education, class, and religion and morality.

Coverage Dates	1450-1910
Allowed Locations	Storrs and Regional Campuses, UConn Health Center, UConn Law School
Access Restrictions	University of Connecticut and VPN only
Concurrent Users	Silent

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