Kindred Nature
Victorian and Edwardian Women Embrace the Living World
Barbara T. Gates(Author)
University of Chicago Press
Published on 15. February 1999
Book
Hardback
306 pages
978-0-226-28442-2 (ISBN)
Description
Highlighting the contributions of Victorian and Edwardian women to the study, protection, and writing of nature, this text recovers their works from the misrepresentation they often faced at the time of their composition. Barbara T. Gates discusses not just well-known women like Beatrix Potter but also others - scientists, writers, gardeners, and illustrators - who are little known today. Some of these women discovered previously unknown species, others wrote and illustrated natural histories or animal stories, and still others educated women, the working classes, and children about recent scientific advances. A number of women also played pivotal roles in the defence of animal rights by protesting overhunting, vivisection, and habitat destruction, even as they demanded their own rights to vote, work, and enter universities. This text shows the enormous impact Victorian and Edwardian women had on the natural sciences and the environmental movement, and on our own attitudes toward nature and human nature.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Publishing group
The University of Chicago Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
52 halftones
Dimensions
Height: 278 mm
Width: 154 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-226-28442-2 (9780226284422)
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Content
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introductory Pt. 1: Women on the Edge of Science 1: Who Can Speak in Nature's Name? 2: Retelling the Story of Science: The Wonders of Nature 3: Cataloging the Natural World: Case Studies of Women Naturalists Pt. 2: Nature's Crusaders 4: Nurturing Nature 5: "Tongues of Fire": Womanist Visions of Nature Pt. 3: Storied Nature 6: Aestheticizing Nature 7: Hunting and Gathering Writing 8: Storied Animals 9: Kindred Natures: The Earthlings Afterward: An Afterword Bibliography Index