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Petticoat Heroes - Gender, Culture and Popular Protest in the Reb
Petticoat Heroes - Gender, Culture and Popular Protest in the Reb
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Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description
Astudiaeth wreiddiol a hygyrch o fudiad Merched Beca, sy'n tynnu ar hanes diwylliannol, astudiaethau rhywedd ac anthropoleg symbolaidd er mwyn cynnig golwg newydd ar arwyddocâd y benywaidd yng nghyd-destun mudiadau protest.
Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description
This book is an up-to-date, innovative and accessible reinterpretation of the Rebecca Rioters, a little-known but fascinating popular movement, of interest to students of protest, gender, culture and politics in Victorian Britain and beyond.
Manylion y cynnyrch / Product details
- ISBN 13
- 9781783167883
- Gwales Code
- gwales.com.9781783167883
- Gwerthwr / Vendor
- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
- Long Title
- Petticoat Heroes - Gender, Culture and Popular Protest in the Reb
- Awdur / Author
- Jones, Rhian E.
- Current Price ex VAT
- £19.99
- Current Price inc VAT
- £19.99
- Availability Status (EN)
- Non-Stock Item - Ordered on request
- Availability Status (CY)
- Archebir yn ôl y galw
- Dyddiad cyhoeddi / Publication Date
- 2015-11-03
- Cyhoeddwr / Publisher
- Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru / University of Wales Press
- Media Type (EN)
- Paperback / softback
- Media Type (CY)
- Clawr meddal
- Pages
- 212 pages
- Size
- 138 × 216 mm
- Language Code
- English
- Categori / Category
- CY: Hanes, Hanes Lleol, Arferion Gwlad, Llên Gwerin (yn Saesneg) | EN: History, Welsh Life and Customs, Local History, Folk Tales (in English)
- Is-gategori / Subcategory
- CY: 19eg Ganrif (yn Saesneg) | EN: 19th Century (in English)
Cynnwys / Table of Contents
1 Introduction 2 ‘Everything conspires to disorder’: Politics and Society in Rebecca’s Country 3 Rebecca and the Historians 4 ‘Pomp and paraphernalia’: Custom, Festival, Ritual and Rebeccaism 5 ‘Petticoat heroes’: Rethinking Rebeccaite Costume and Symbolism 6 ‘Six hundred children and more every day’: The New Poor Law and Female Sexual Agency 7 ‘Maid, spirit or man’: Rebecca’s Image in Public Discourse 8 ‘A very creditable portion of Welsh history’? Rebeccaism’s Aftermath and Longer-Term Political and Cultural Impact Conclusion Epilogue: ‘The rallying-cry of discontent’: Repurposing Rebecca
Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography
Rhian E. Jones grew up in south Wales and now lives and works in London, where she writes on history, politics, popular culture and their intersections. She has published widely, and her Clampdown: Pop-Cultural Wars on Class and Gender (2013) was among the Guardian’s Best Music Books of 2013; she also writes the blog Velvet Coalmine at www.rhianejones.com.
Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review
The wave of unrest which took place in 1840s Wales, known as ‘Rebeccaism’ or ‘the Rebecca riots’, stands out as a success story within the generally gloomy annals of popular struggle and defeat. The story is remembered in vivid and compelling images: attacks on tollgates and other symbols of perceived injustice by farmers and workers, outlandishly dressed in bonnets and petticoats and led by the iconic anonymous figure of Rebecca herself. The events form a core part of historical study and remembrance in Wales, and frequently appear in broader work on British radicalism and Victorian protest movements. This book draws on cultural history, gender studies and symbolic anthropology to present fresh and alternative arguments on the meaning of Rebeccaite costume and ritual; the significance of the feminine in protest; the links between protest and popular culture; the use of Rebecca’s image in Victorian press and political discourse; and the ways in which the events and the image of Rebecca herself were integrated into politics, culture and popular memory in Wales and beyond. All these aspects repay greater consideration than they have yet been accorded, and highlight the relevance of Rebeccaism to British and European popular protest – up to and including the present day.
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