Declamation on the Nobility and Preeminence of the Female Sex (Paperback, New edition)

Originally published in 1529, the Declamation of the Nobility and Preeminence of the Female Sex argues that women are more than equal to men in all things that really matter, including the public spheres from which they had long been excluded. Rather than directly refuting prevailing wisdom, Agrippa uses women's superiority as a rhetorical device and overturns the misogynistic interpretations of the female body in Greek medicine, in the Bible, in Roman and canon law, in theology and moral philosophy, and in politics. He raises the question of why women were excluded and provides answers based not on sex but on social conditioning, education, and the prejudices of their more powerful oppressors. His declamation, disseminated through the printing press, illustrates the power of that new medium, soon to be used to generate a larger reformation of religion.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 1996
First published:	September 1996
Authors:	Henricus Cornelius Agrippa
Dimensions:	155 x 229 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	142
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-01059-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Equal opportunities Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > Feminism
LSN:	0-226-01059-7
Barcode:	9780226010595

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