Botany, Sexuality and Women's Writing, 1760-1830

From Modest Shoot to Forward Plant

Autori

• Sam George

Parametri

• 272 pagine
• 10 ore di lettura

• Arte / Cultura
• Mappe e viaggi
• Sulla letteratura

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Focusing on the intersection of gender and botany, this study delves into the role of women in eighteenth-century British botanical literature. Samantha George examines their engagement with Carl Linnaeus's groundbreaking ideas on plant sexuality, highlighting how these discussions contributed to the cultivation of the female intellect and a unique feminized discourse within the scientific community of the time.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2012

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