Gender Inequalities in Rural European Communities During 19th and Early 20th Century A Historical Perspective /

• Main Author: Thanailaki, Polly (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Sociology.; Educational sociology.; Gender identity in education.; Gender Studies.; Sociology of Education.; Sociology, general.; Gender and Education.

This book provides an overview of women's opportunities for schooling, their social activities, and the social biases they faced in rural communities in Greece, Italy and parts of the Balkans during the 19th and early 20th century. It examines such topics as female illiteracy, the efforts of wo...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. The Curse of Athena- Female Illiteracy in the Greek Countryside
• Chapter 2. 'Caught in the spider's web'. Women's schooling in the rural communities in Italy and in parts of the Balkans
• Chapter 3. Hera, the Greek Goddess of Marriage: A Comparison Between Greek and Italian Peasant Women
• Chapter 4. Spreading the 'Word of God'. Women- missionaries and Protestant Education in the Balkans, Greece and Italy
• Chapter 5. Demeter, the goddess of the harvest: Women's social life in the villages
• Chapter 6. Euterpe, the Muse of Music: Women's Position as Seen Through Folklore Songs and Dances (19th to Early 20th Centuries)
• Conclusions.