Gender, Power and Identity in the Early Modern House of Orange-Nassau |
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| Author:
| Broomhall, Susan
Gent, Jacqueline Van |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4094-5146-4 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2016 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $224.00 |
Book Description:
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How do gender and power relationships affect the expression of family, House and dynastic identities? The present study develops a new vision of power as a gendered concept, using a case study of the House of Orange-Nassau whose extensive visual, material and archival sources from both male and female members enable us to trace their complex attempts to express, gain and maintain power: in texts, material culture, and spaces, as well as rituals, acts and practices.
How do gender and power relationships affect the expression of family, House and dynastic identities? The present study develops a new vision of power as a gendered concept, using a case study of the House of Orange-Nassau whose extensive visual, material and archival sources from both male and female members enable us to trace their complex attempts to express, gain and maintain power: in texts, material culture, and spaces, as well as rituals, acts and practices.