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Widowhood In Later Life
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Author : Anne Martin Matthews
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
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The Profession Of Widowhood
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Author : Katherine Clark Walter
language : en
Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
Release Date : 2018-09-21
The Profession Of Widowhood written by Katherine Clark Walter and has been published by Catholic University of America Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-21 with History categories.
The Profession of Widowhood explores how the idea of ‘true’ widowhood was central to pre-modern ideas concerning marriage and of female identity more generally. The medieval figure of the Christian vere vidua or “good” widow evolved from and reinforced ancient social and religious sensibilities of chastity, loyalty and grief as gendered ‘work.’ The ideal widow was a virtuous woman who mourned her dead husband in chastity, solitude, and most importantly, in perpetuity, marking her as “a widow indeed” (1 Tim 5:5). The widow who failed to display adequate grief fulfilled the stereotype of the ‘merry widow’ who forgot her departed spouse and abused her sexual and social freedom. Stereotypes of widows ‘good’ and ‘bad’ served highly-charged ideological functions in pre-modern culture, and have remained durable even in modern times, even as Western secular society now focuses more on a woman’s recovery from grief and possible re-coupling than the expectation that she remain forever widowed. The widow represented not only the powerful bond created by love and marriage, but also embodied the conventions of grief that ordered the response when those bonds were broken by premature death. This notion of the widow as both a passive memorial to her husband and as an active ‘rememberer’ was rooted in ancient traditions, and appropriated by early Christian and medieval authors who used “good” widowhood to describe the varieties of female celibacy and to define the social and gender order. A tradition of widowhood characterized by chastity, solitude, and permanent bereavement affirmed both the sexual mores and political agenda of the medieval Church. Medieval widows—both holy women recognized as saints and ‘ordinary women’ in medieval daily life—recognized this tradition of professed chastity in widowhood not only as a valuable strategy for avoiding remarriage and protecting their independence, but as a state with inherent dignity that afforded opportunities for spiritual development in this world and eternal merit in the next.
Widowhood Its Desolation And Consolations
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Author : Widowhood
language : en
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Release Date : 1875
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Widowhood
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Author : Pat Uloaku Okoye
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Widowhood written by Pat Uloaku Okoye and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Africa categories.
Current Widowhood
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Author : Helena Znaniecka Lopata
language : en
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Release Date : 1996
Current Widowhood written by Helena Znaniecka Lopata and has been published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Family & Relationships categories.
This unique textbook synthesizes the information available on the topic of widowhood, presenting and then debunking a number of myths surrounding widowhood. The book begins with a definition of basic concepts, followed by a comparative and historical perspective on the situation of widows in several countries and selected communities in the United States. It then explores a range of subjects and issues including emotions, identity, roles and external relationships of widows from cross-cultural perspectives.
Widowhood In Medieval And Early Modern Europe
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Author : Sandra Cavallo
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-07-30
Widowhood In Medieval And Early Modern Europe written by Sandra Cavallo and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-30 with History categories.
This new collection of essays brings together brand new research on widowhood in medieval and early modern Europe. The volume opens with an introductory chapter by the Editors which looks generally at the conditions and constructions of widowhood in this period. This is followed by a range of essays which illuminate different dimensions of widowhood across Europe - in England, Italy, France, Germany and Spain. A particular attraction of the volume is the attention given to widowers, and the comparisons made between the male and female experience of widowhood. It is an exciting reinterpretation of the subject which will do much to undo the traditional stereotype of the widow. Contributing to the volume are: Jodi Bilinkoff, Giulia Calvi, Sandra Cavallo, Isabelle Chabot, Julia Crick, Amy Erikson, Dagmar Freist, Elizabeth Foyster, Margaret Pelling, Pamela Sharpe,Tim Stretton, Barbara Todd, and Lyndan Warner.
The Widowed Self
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Author : Deborah Kestin van den Hoonaard
language : en
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Release Date : 2009-10-22
The Widowed Self written by Deborah Kestin van den Hoonaard and has been published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-22 with Social Science categories.
How do older women come to terms with widowhood? Are they vulnerable or courageous, predictable or creative in dealing with this life challenge? Most books about widows usually focus on younger women; this book interweaves the voices of older widows their experiences and insights to show how they have come to terms with widowhood and have recreated their lives in new, unsuspected ways. The widows speak about how they relate to their children, their friends, to men. With powerful emotions they describe their husbands’ final illnesses and deaths, and the challenging early days of widowhood. Disputing stereotypes about older women and widows, The Widowed Self allows the reader to visualize the impact of losing one’s life partner and offers a new way of thinking about widowhood. This new book by Deborah Kestin van den Hoonaard fills a void in previous work on widowhood. Rather than seeing these women as unfortunate, passive victims of life, the reader will come to appreciate the strength and creativity with which these women face one of life’s greatest challenges, a challenge that affects more than half of all women over the age of sixty-five. Widows and their families, scholars, social workers and other professionals who work with older adults will all be interested in reading The Widowed Self: The Older Woman’s Journey through Widowhood.
Shadow Lives
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Author : Uma Chakravarti
language : en
Publisher: Zubaan
Release Date : 2001
Shadow Lives written by Uma Chakravarti and has been published by Zubaan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Family & Relationships categories.
This Volume Documents The Focus On The Widow, Regarded As The Dark Half Of Womankind In Tradition, The Structural Counterpart Of The Sumangali Or The Auspicious Married Woman, And To Provide An Archive On Widowhood. The Archive Comprises Prescriptions, Injunctions, Laws And Other Accounts Dating Back To The 5Th Century Bc From Sanskrit Texts As Well As Extracts From Official Documents, Pamphlets And Essays In Many Languages, Published In The 19Th And 20Th Centuries. The Material Is Arranged In Three Parts: Documents, Personal Narratives And Creative Writing In An Attempt To Capture The Complexities Of The Experience Of Widowhood, Its Diversity And Range Across India. With The Emergence Of The Women S Movement In The Last Quarter Of The 20Th Century, The Terms Of Analysis Have Changed And Feminist Inspired Scholarship Has Raised New Questions. In The Anthology The Widow Comes Across Not Just As A Passive Pitiable Object, Oppressed, Victimised And Patronised But As An Active Resisting Survivor It Is This Last Image That Stays With The Reader.
Widows And Their Families
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Author : Peter Marris
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-11-05
Widows And Their Families written by Peter Marris and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-05 with Social Science categories.
One of the first books to be published in the UK on bereavement, this ground-breaking study presents the results of a survey of widows in London. Focussing on younger women whose husbands had died the book deals first with grief and mourning then examines the consequences of bereavement through the help of relatives and friends and the changes it brings about to the widow's family life. Throughout the book the consequences of widowhood are discussed with relevance to psychological theory and to national policy. Originally published in 1958.
Widowhood In An American City
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Author : Helena Lopata
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-09-29
Widowhood In An American City written by Helena Lopata and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-29 with Social Science categories.
Widowhood in an American City focuses on the roles and lifestyles of urban American widows fifty years of age or older. These women form a segment of two generations of one society; they present a historical instance of people born and brought up under conditions that are not likely to be duplicated. Not only the U.S., but many other countries are undergoing modifications in the degrees and forms of urbanization, industrialization, and social complexity.Helena Znaniecki Lopata argues that the way women re-engage society following the death of a husband is different due to their location in the modern social system. She notes that the trends in social structure are toward increasingly voluntaristic engagement in achieved, functionally oriented social roles that are performed in large groups and contain secondary social relations. The cultural background of many societal members prevents the utilization of most resources of the complex urban world, restricting them to a small social life space, with almost automatically prescribed social relations.Those who argue that the elderly are socially isolated contend that this is a result of the natural process of withdrawal of the person and the society from each other. These arguments focus on those who are isolated or lonely and those who lack the skills, money, health, and transportation for engaging or re-engaging society. Lopata's study indicates that this assumption is false for many widows. If such people are to be helped, a fresh view of the relation between the urban, industrial, and complex modern world and its residents is required, and new action programs must be creatively developed. This is a timely, ground-breaking work that addresses and shatters common myths associated with growing old alone in an urban society.