Overview
- Provides a unique approach to the current scholarly interest in women’s negotiations of informal power structures and their engagement with public and political life
- Suggests that we cannot gain a full picture of what food meant to the early modern English without looking at the works of women, who were the primary managers of household foodways
- Draws on a wide range of source material such as husbandry and housewifery manuals and dietaries
Part of the book series: Early Modern Literature in History (EMLH)
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“Bassnett’s groundbreaking monograph puts women, food, and politics center table. She places a full plate before readers. … she provides an invaluable perspective on early modern food studies, which, barring the excellent scholarship on recipes and domesticity, has largely left women behind kitchen doors. Those interested in food studies, women’s writing, women’s religio-political agency, or the history of English Protestantism should not hesitate to add this monograph to their bookshelves.” (Lauren Shook, Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 72 (4), 2019)
“To this field, Madeline Bassnett’s Women, Food Exchange, and Governance in Early Modern England is a welcome and fascinating addition … . Bassnett’s book is well conceived and well executed.” (Elisa Tersigni, TSWL Tulsa Studies in Women's Literatur, Vol. 38 (2),2019)
“Women, Food Exchange, and Governance is strikingly original in bringing together aspects of food history not normally treated in conjunction. Bassnett discusses hospitality, fasting, feasting, and kitchen management alongside agricultural production and breastfeeding, pushing early modern food studies to think more expansively about where we direct our attention.” (Andrea Crow, Modern Philology, Vol. 116 (4), 2019)
“The book is written in an admirably clear and straightforward style. It takes generous account of prior critics, summarizing complex arguments and relying where relevant upon the groundbreaking work of other scholars.” (David B. Goldstein, Renaissance and Reformation, Vol. 41 (4), 2018)
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Book Title: Women, Food Exchange, and Governance in Early Modern England
Authors: Madeline Bassnett
Series Title: Early Modern Literature in History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40868-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-40867-5Published: 01 December 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82205-1Published: 28 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-40868-2Published: 21 November 2016
Series ISSN: 2634-5919
Series E-ISSN: 2634-5927
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 248
Topics: Early Modern/Renaissance Literature, British and Irish Literature, History of Britain and Ireland