Women Thieves in Early Modern England: What Can We Learn from Narrative Sources?
The purpose of this paper on women thieves in the early modern period is to show what remains to be learnt from narrative sources. It starts from the conclusions of quantitative research on the topic to point out the limits of this approach and moves on to arguing that narrative sources such as the...
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doaj-92d14da296c64eb3a460d7eaa51f64422020-11-24T23:07:02ZengInstitut du Monde AnglophoneEtudes Epistémè1634-04502008-10-011410.4000/episteme.738Women Thieves in Early Modern England: What Can We Learn from Narrative Sources?Armel Dubois-NaytThe purpose of this paper on women thieves in the early modern period is to show what remains to be learnt from narrative sources. It starts from the conclusions of quantitative research on the topic to point out the limits of this approach and moves on to arguing that narrative sources such as the misogynist pamphlets of the time and rogue literature can provide insights into gender relations in the underworld. For instance, they can help us determine whether the world of thieves was innovative in its approach to gender roles. It concludes that this type of criminal behaviour did not empower women and that gender hierarchy was even stiffer in the criminal world than in the rest of society.http://journals.openedition.org/episteme/738 |
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Women Thieves in Early Modern England: What Can We Learn from Narrative Sources? |
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Institut du Monde Anglophone |
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Etudes Epistémè |
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1634-0450 |
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2008-10-01 |
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The purpose of this paper on women thieves in the early modern period is to show what remains to be learnt from narrative sources. It starts from the conclusions of quantitative research on the topic to point out the limits of this approach and moves on to arguing that narrative sources such as the misogynist pamphlets of the time and rogue literature can provide insights into gender relations in the underworld. For instance, they can help us determine whether the world of thieves was innovative in its approach to gender roles. It concludes that this type of criminal behaviour did not empower women and that gender hierarchy was even stiffer in the criminal world than in the rest of society. |
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