Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Zwei der berühmtesten Herrscherpersönlichkeiten des 18. Jahrhunderts waren Frauen: Maria Theresia von Österreich und Katharina II., die Große, von Russland. Auf den ersten Blick waren sie denkbar unterschiedlich - hier die zwar partiell reformbereite, aber an traditionellen Legitimationsansätzen monarchischer Herrschaft festhaltende Habsburgerin, dort die dezidiert aufklärerische geborene Prinzessin von Anhalt-Zerbst. Der Band nimmt erstmals die beiden Kaiserinnen vergleichend in den Blick und zeigt, dass sie sich in einigen Bereichen mit durchaus ähnlichen Herausforderungen konfrontiert sahen und dass ihre Lösungsansätze bei allen Differenzen auch manche Gemeinsamkeiten aufwiesen.

Women heads of state. --- Catherine --- Maria Theresa, --- Europe --- Politics and government --- Biography Comparison. --- Catherine the Great. --- Cultural History. --- Enlightenment. --- Female Rule. --- Gender History. --- Gender Studies. --- Gender. --- History. --- Monarchy.

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Cet ouvrage est consacré aux souveraines et aux aristocrates de l’Orient méditerranéen à l’époque médiévale. Il s’inscrit dans les recherches actuelles sur l’étude des femmes comme « genre ». La symbolique chrétienne se fonde sur l’iconographie des églises où sont représentées comme modèles les saintes souveraines et martyres des premiers siècles alors que l’historiographie témoigne d’impératrices confrontées au pouvoir, usant de leur beauté et d’artifices, telle Théophano au Xe siècle soupçonnée du meurtre de ses deux premiers époux. On pénètre jusqu’au fond du gynécée là où s’ourdissent les complots, où rivalisent la reine mère et sa belle-fille, là aussi où s’éduquent les enfants impériaux pour lesquels leur mère est appelée à la régence lors de la mort de son époux. Certaines impératrices ont une renommée supérieure à d’autres, telle Zoé représentée sur les mosaïques de Sainte-Sophie à laquelle le peuple de Constantinople voue une réelle ferveur en lui pardonnant ses frasques sexuelles et ses divertissements de magicienne. D’autres impératrices viennent de l’étranger, de Savoie ou de Serbie et elles savent s’imposer dans l’échiquier géopolitique troublé des XIVe et XVe siècles, parfois jusqu’à causer des guerres civiles, toujours en protectrices et conseillères de leurs fils. Léguer l’impérium, voilà qui est étranger aux épouses et filles de souverains ottomans qui n’hésitent pas à contracter des mariages avec des princesses byzantines. Toute l’aristocratie féminine gravite autour de la cour, les princesses rivalisent de piété et de générosité, qu’elles soient byzantines, arméniennes ou timourides, mais aussi de faste. Fortunées, mécènes dans le domaine artistique et religieux, fondatrices, commanditaires de reliquaires et de manuscrits enluminés…la liste de ces dames de la haute société couvre l’Europe, l’Asie occidentale et centrale…

Women --- Queens --- Empresses --- Women heads of state --- Femmes --- Reines --- Impératrices --- Femmes chefs d'Etat --- History --- Congresses. --- Biography --- Congresses --- Histoire --- Congrès --- Biographies --- Impératrices --- Congrès --- Saintes reines --- Byzance --- aristocratie --- aristocratie féminine --- Orient méditerranéen --- Moyen Âge --- époque médiévale --- impératrice --- princesse --- souveraine --- étude de genres --- femme --- Christian literature --- Christianity

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

This project analyzes how political women rhetorically perform-discursively, visually, and physically-their positions of power and how these performances are read, time again, against and with other women who have held similar positions in different geopolitical locations.

Women heads of state. --- Women politicians. --- Communication in politics. --- Rhetoric --- Feminism. --- Emancipation of women --- Feminist movement --- Women --- Women's lib --- Women's liberation --- Women's liberation movement --- Women's movement --- Social movements --- Anti-feminism --- Politics and literature --- Political communication --- Political science --- Politicians --- Heads of state --- Political aspects. --- Emancipation

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

"In this unapologetically African-centered monograph, Nwando Achebe considers the diverse forms and systems of female leadership in both the physical and spiritual worlds, as well as the complexities of female power in a multiplicity of distinct African societies. From Amma to the goddess inkosazana, Sobekneferu to Nzingha, Nehanda to Ahebi Ugbabe, Omu Okwei, and the daughters or umuada of Igboland, Female Monarchs and Merchant Queens in Africa documents the worlds and life histories of elite African females, female principles, and (wo)men of privilege. Chronologically and by theme, Achebe pieces together the worlds and experiences of African females from African-derived sources, especially language. Achebe explores the meaning and significance of names, metaphors, symbolism, cosmology, chronicles, songs, folktales, proverbs, oral traditions, traditions of creation, and more. From centralized to small-scale egalitarian societies, patrilineal to matrilineal systems, North Africa to sub-Saharan lands, Female Monarchs and Merchant Queens in Africa offers an unparalleled history of the remarkable African women who occupied positions of power, authority, and influence"--

Women --- Women heads of state --- Women civic leaders --- Queens --- Power (Social sciences) --- Goddesses, African. --- African goddesses --- Empowerment (Social sciences) --- Political power --- Exchange theory (Sociology) --- Political science --- Social sciences --- Sociology --- Consensus (Social sciences) --- Royalty --- Rulers --- Sovereigns --- Monarchy --- Courts and courtiers --- Empresses --- Kings and rulers --- Civic leaders --- Women in community organization --- Heads of state --- Social conditions.

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

This book contributes to our understanding of the trajectories and prerogatives of female political leaders in the varying context of democratization, political institutions and cultural norms. No woman had been elected leader of a country before 1960, but with democratic transitions on the rise since the 1970s, the number of women in executive office gradually became a trend of global scope. In 2015, nineteen countries had an elected female Head of State and/or Government, a proportionally small number that is expected to climb as more women compete for high office, sometimes against other female candidates. This volume compares how women executives differ in promoting gender equality and advocating for women’s rights and interests, as well as in their ability to negotiate gender policy agendas. Comparative and theoretical chapters on post-transition women leaders are complemented by case studies in eight countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern and Central Europe. This book will be of use to students and scholars interested in gender studies, comparative politics, and political leadership.

Political science. --- Political communication. --- Comparative politics. --- Democracy. --- Public policy. --- Europe --- Political Science and International Relations. --- European Politics. --- Comparative Politics. --- Public Policy. --- Political Communication. --- Politics and government. --- Women --- Political activity. --- Women in politics --- Europe-Politics and government. --- Political communication --- Political science --- Self-government --- Equality --- Representative government and representation --- Republics --- Comparative political systems --- Comparative politics --- Government, Comparative --- Political systems, Comparative --- Women presidents. --- Women prime ministers. --- Prime ministers --- Women cabinet officers --- Women heads of state --- Presidents --- Europe—Politics and government. --- Comparative government. --- Political planning. --- Communication in politics. --- Political Science. --- Gay culture Europe --- Planning in politics --- Public policy --- Planning --- Policy sciences --- Politics, Practical --- Public administration --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Social sciences --- State, The