Myth and Materiality in a Woman's World: Shetland 1800-2000

by Lynn Abrams

Book Overview

The place of women in Shetland society is unique. In this isolated island group off the north of Scotland, women dominated the family, economy and the cultural imagination for 200 years. Here, women were numerically preponderant and economically vital. They maintained families and communities because men were absent. In their minds they constructed an identity of themselves as 'liberated' long before organised feminism was invented. This book examines...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719065933
• ISBN13: 9780719065934
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"