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I, The Queen: Power And Gender In The Reign Of Isabel I Of Castile, Sarah E. Hayes
I, The Queen: Power And Gender In The Reign Of Isabel I Of Castile, Sarah E. Hayes
Student Publications
The role of women in society, in particular, women in leadership positions, constantly is debated. However, this discussion extends far back in history. As one of the most memorable rulers of Early Modern Europe, the life and reign of Queen Isabella of Spain, more accurately known as Queen Isabel I of Castile and León, can provide answers. Scholars have long grappled with the degree to which Isabel embodied or transcended the gender norms of her time as well as whether she ruled more through the joint monarchy with her husband King Fernando of Aragón or as a sovereign in her …
Kosher Seductions: Jewish Women As Employees And Consumers In German Department Stores, Kerry Wallach
Kosher Seductions: Jewish Women As Employees And Consumers In German Department Stores, Kerry Wallach
German Studies Faculty Publications
Department stores have long been associated with the trope of seducing female consumers, at least since the publication of Emile Zola’s novel Au bonheur des dames in 1883. This fictionalized portrayal of the Parisian department store Bon Marche, which has exerted considerable influence among early chroniclers of department store culture, identifies store owners as men who build ‘temples’ for prospective customers, and who use inebriating tactics to encourage them to enter and spend money. The consumer is gendered female in this and in many other literary works on the department store of the time; she is depicted as reluctant, yet …
Lord Of My Soul: The Letters Of Catalina Micaela, Duchess Of Savoy, To Her Husbanb, Carlo Emanuele I, Magdalena S. Sanchez
Lord Of My Soul: The Letters Of Catalina Micaela, Duchess Of Savoy, To Her Husbanb, Carlo Emanuele I, Magdalena S. Sanchez
History Faculty Publications
This essay, part of a book-length project on the Infanta Catalina Micaela, Duchess of Savoy, examines Catalina’s relationship with her husband and her reaction to assuming political control in the fall of 1588 during Carlo's first major absence from Turin after their marriage.