The woman of Candia: gender, monstrous birth and printed news in the aftermath of the Cretan War (1645-69)
Stouraiti, Anastasia.
2019.
The woman of Candia: gender, monstrous birth and printed news in the aftermath of the Cretan War (1645-69).
Cretica Chronica, 39,
pp. 381-408.
ISSN 0454-5206
[Article]
Taking as its starting point a monstrous birth in Ottoman Crete, the article examines constructions of monstrous reproduction, motherhood, female agency and the power of maternal imagination in a time of political instability and change.
Item Type | Article |
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Keywords | monstrous reproduction, motherhood, female agency, maternal imagination |
Departments, Centres and Research Units | History |
Date Deposited | 26 Jul 2019 08:05 |
Last Modified | 15 Jan 2020 13:44 |
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