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This book examines the status of women in ancient Celtic society, looking at powerful fgures such as Boadicea and her struggle with the Romans. Ellis examines the rights of women in Celtic law, their position in mythology and the view that ultimately Christianity degenerated their role.

Drawing on literary, mythological, legal, and historical sources, Peter Berresford Ellis sets out to explore the reality behind the myriad images we hold today. His Celtic Women provides a balanced and informed perspective on the position of women in Celtic society and asks how much of this ancient culture has filtered down through the ages. Ellis examines the concept of the "Mother Goddess" origin of the Celts as well as the pantheon of women in Celtic mythology - from Etain and Emer, and Macha and Medb, to Rhiannon and Gwenhwyvar (Guinevere). He also discusses a wide range of important historical personalities. Although Boudicca (Boadicea) is often cited as the most powerful historical Celtic female figure - the one who led southern Britain in insurrection against the Romans - Ellis shows that she was by no means unique

Professor Daniel A. Binchy's Corpus Iuris Hibernici, published in 1979, set the seal on a lifetime's work which had made him the acknowledged leader in Celtic law studies. At an earlier stage in his career, he had edited (in Studies in Early Irish Law, published by the Royal Irish Academy in 1936) the proceedings of a seminar on the Irish law of women; this volume was the spur to the seminar which began to work under the aegis of the Board of Celtic Studies in 1970, and took as its first field of study the Welsh law of women. The present collection of papers, based on the work of the seminar, differs in scope from the Irish volume but like it provides a detailed and documented account of one of the most illuminating tractates in the Welsh lawbooks; the volume was originally presented to Professor Binchy in grateful recognition of the inspiration given to all students of Celtic law by his devoted work. This volume comprises six studies dealing with various aspects of the Welsh material, texts of three versions of the tractate (one in Latin and two, both based on manuscripts not previously printed, in Welsh) with English translations, a Glossary, and Indexes. This new edition includes a preface by Morfydd E. Owen, who edited the original volume with Dafydd Jenkins, surveying work in the field since the first edition in 1980.

This text explores the lost world of women warriors that stretches from Europe to Asia. Through her work, Jeannine Davis-Kimball has unearthed an entire ancient class of women who defy historical assumptions, wielding tremendous power in cultures from China to the ancient Celtic lands.

Twelfth-century French poet Chretien de Troyes was one of the most influential figures in Western literature, for his romantic poems on the legend of King Arthur gave rise to a tradition of storytelling that continues to this day. This important and fascinating book is a study of all of Chretien's work. Joseph J. Duggan begins with an introduction that sets Chretien within the social and intellectual currents of his time. He then organises the book in chapters that focus on major issues in Chretien's romances rather than on individual works, topics that range from the importance of kinship and genealogy to standards of secular moral responsibility and from Chretien's art of narration to his representation of knighthood. Duggan offers new perspectives on many of these themes: in a chapter on the influence of Celtic mythology, for example, he gives special attention to the ways Chretien integrated portrayals of motivation with mythic themes and characters, and in discussing the Grail romance, he explores the parallels between Perceval's and Gauvain's adventures

The magician, the savior and the cyborg : exploring girlhood in young adult film / Lucia Grosu-Radulescu -- Talking about women / Alina Villalva -- Enshrining motherhood, entombing the mother : the crises of the urban Indian professional / Preeti Shirodkar -- 50 shades of pretty and thin : psychological research on gender stereotypes in media and advertising / Andrea Carta, Elena Carraro, Simona Martini, Giulia Perasso -- What do Portuguese proverbs say about women? / Esperança Cardeira -- Deconstructing stereotypes in the discourse of the Irish Republic : the Irish woman through the lens of the Celtic Tiger and post Celtic Tiger short story / Madalina Armie -- (Desperate) housewives, domestic angels or femmes fatales. Stereotyped categories of female representation on the Italian linguistic landscape : stereotyped categories of female representation on the Italian linguistic landscape / Debora Ricci -- Images of the female body in Émile Zola's novels. Views of womanhood in 19th century French society / Irina David -- The myth of motherhood in communist and postcommunist Romania : from pro-natalist polices to neoliberal views / Roxana Marinescu -- The raven and the white dove : (un)customary representations of women in traditional folk Breton ballads / Emilia Ivancu -- In need for more tailored feminist stories in time of crisis / Laura Grunberg -- Representative figures outlining the Romanian women imagery : synthesis study on the "Romanian culture and civilization" courses for foreign students / Roxana Magdalena Barlea -- Not damsels in distress, evaluation of women imagery in selected Kachchhi love folklores / Kashmira Mehta, Dimple Chudasama -- East and West, or the creolization of cultural spaces in the writings of Romanian women emigrant fiction / Anca-Teodora Serban-Oprescu -- How does language use translate women? : A cognitive account of women imagery in the Romanian society / Roxana Ciolaneanu -- Never wedge a spoon between husband and wife / Alexandrina Pinto de Almeida -- The legacy of the terrible mother archetype in Ann Jellicoe's The sport of my mad mother / Isil Sahin Gülter -- Translating Muslim women's bodies : the semantic battle on hijab / Alak Alina -- Christine de Pizan, myths and processes of humanizing and valuing women / Maria Helena Antunes.

Although the socio-economic situation of Ireland has improved in the last decade, the situation of women continues to be unequal to men and there are certain limitations in their rights. Despite well-known exceptions, women have tended to be underrepresented in Irish politics. However, in the last elections some of them decided to run for the Republic's presidency as well as to become the first female Irish Prime Minister. In this sense, this research paper will try to contribute to the representation of women in the 2011 campaigns. Both general and presidential referendums will be under analysis. Our sample will consist of the most representative TV broadcasts of the main political parties (i.e. Fianna Feil, Fine Gael, Sinn Fein, among others). As regards methodology, we will aim for the combination of critical discourse analysis and multimodal critical discourse analysis in order to observe the main visual representation of politicians as social actors (van Leeuwen, 2008), and consider the possible similarities and differences between women and men politicians. The study aims to observe if there are as many women as men politicians in the broadcasts of the 2011 electoral campaigns in Ireland and to pay attention to the way women and men politicians are portrayed in the broadcasts under analysis. The analysis will show that politicians are portrayed as elite individuals, that there is a general positive representation of the candidates and that women are underrepresented in Irish politics, which points out that it continues being a challenge for democracy the participation of women in politics since their representation or role is not equal compared to men. ; Aunque la situación socio-económica de Irlanda ha mejorado en la última década, la realidad de las mujeres continúa siendo distinta a la de los hombres y hay ciertas limitaciones en sus derechos. Las mujeres siguen estando infrarrepresentadas en la política irlandesa con algunas excepciones. Sin embargo, en las últimas elecciones, algunas se presentaron como candidatas a la presidencia y también a optar a ser primera ministra. En este sentido, este artículo es una contribución al estudio de la representación de las mujeres en la campaña política del año 2011. Tanto las elecciones generales como las presidenciales son objeto de análisis. Nuestro corpus consiste en los videos políticos usados por los principales partidos políticos (Fianna Feil, Fine Gael, Sinn Fein, entre otros). Con respecto a la metodología, se combinará el análisis crítico del discurso y el análisis crítico del discurso multimodal con el fin de observar la representación de los/as políticos/as como actores sociales (van Leeuwen, 2008) y considerar las posibles diferencias entre las mujeres y los hombres políticas/os. El estudio tratará de observar si hay tantas mujeres como hombres en los videos de las elecciones de 2011 en Irlanda y prestará atención al modo que se las representa el los videos objeto de estudio. El análisis mostrará que los/as políticos/as son representados/as como élite, que predomina la representación positiva y que las mujeres aparecen infrarrepresentadas en la política irlandesa, hecho que pone de manifiesto que la participación de las mismas en la política sigue siendo un reto para la democracia debido a que su representación o papel no es igual al de los hombres.

Includes indexes. ; Edited and translated from the Celtic by Kuno Meyer. ; Reprint. Originally published: Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1905. ; Bibliography: p. [34]-46. ; Mode of access: Internet.

1. Interrogating the subject : alienation in Irish postmodernity -- 2. 'The promise of her' : Celtic tiger girls and connective-selfhood -- 3. Time machines and nomadic travelling : past and present post/modernities -- 4. Narratives of voyage : restricted mobilities, migrancy, and the Celtic tiger imaginary.

A 1964 strike by women workers in Dunnville, Ontario provides an
exceptional perspective on the complex ways in which class, gender,
and ethnicity unite in the construction of identity. The women strikers
drew on left-wing traditions of feisty femininity to claim an identity as
real workers and authentic unionists while also embracing multi-ethnic
identities that distinguished them from the Anglo-Celtic middle
class. Their claims to authenticity challenged pervasive assumptions,
including those of their union brothers, who defined labor militancy as
implicitly male and distorted memories of the strike. Yet the limits on
the women's own constructions of these identities are evident in their
inability to perceive the Native women who scabbed during the strike
as workers. By contrasting the ways in which identity was claimed,
assigned, and contested by different groups of workers, this story
problematizes categories of identity that are often used uncritically
in labor history.

AbstractThis paper examines gender relations within Ontario's Osgoode Hall Law School from the 1920s to the 1960s, focussing on the women who entered the school during this period. It analyzes their backgrounds and motives for entering law school and it also examines their experiences at the school and as articling students. This paper argues that the legal profession's insistence on its masculine nature shaped women law students' attempts to construct their own professional identities and to reconcile their professionalism with their gender, ethnic and racial, and class backgrounds (the majority of these women were Anglo-Celtic and middle-class). Yet while masculinity was the norm for both the profession and the law school, it was not a static, monolithic construct; it was constructed and expressed in a number of ways by male students and instructors at Osgoode Hall, particularly in the pages of the student press and through the activities of O s goode's student organization. Such struggles to define male law students' identities invariably affected women law students; in turn, through the Women's Law Association of Ontario, they worked to create an alternative space where women lawyers and students could work for change and attempt to reconcile professionalism and middle-class femininity.

The theme of gender plays a vital role in William Shakespeare's famous political play Macbeth. From the very beginning of the play the dramatist focuses on the importance of masculinity in gaining power and authority. Lady Macbeth along with the three witches are as important characters as Macbeth. Because they influence Macbeth profoundly. And Shakespeare very carefully draws the character of Lady Macbeth who being a female sometimes exhibits more masculinity than Macbeth. Similarly is the case of the three witches. Though they look like women they are also bearded which prove the presence of masculinity in their nature. Throughout the play several times the exposition of masculinity is demanded from the character of Macbeth. So the value of masculinity plays an important part in the drama.