Christine de Pizan, Empowering Women in Text and Image

Charlotte Cooper-Davis

Christine de Pizan, Empowering Women in Text and Image
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Arc Humanities Press
Country
United States
Published
31 October 2023
Pages
174
ISBN
9781641892902

Christine de Pizan, Empowering Women in Text and Image

Charlotte Cooper-Davis

It is well known that in several of her works, Christine de Pizan actively sought to valorize and empower women; she notably made the case for women's education, argued for the protection of widows, and famously attacked the misogyny of the all-pervasive Roman de la Rose. Whilst numerous examinations have shown that Christine sought to empower women through her texts, this book demonstrates that the visual programmes of her works offer further evidence of Christine's championing women in their role as educators and activists, whilst challenging some assumptions made about gender in Christine's works. It also examines the conduits and structures by which power is conferred upon women within them. When read together, the text and image across Christine's oeuvre reveal a consistent picture: one in which women educate and empower one another.

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