Economic autonomy and male authority
Female merchants in modern Italy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12547886 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maura Palazzi (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 17-36 |
| Publication date | 2002-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Modern Italian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1354-571X • E-ISSN: 1469-9583 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13545710110116905 |
| OpenAlex | W2052468739 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 3 |
This paper examines the social role of 'mercantesse' (entrepreneuses), women who, in contemporary Italian society, were the owners of manufacturing and trading activities. The first part is dedicated to the legal aspects, with particular reference to the institution of marital authorization and to the various social standing of three very different personae: the female merchant, the partner wife and the merchant-wife. The second part compares the regulatory aspects of this activity with the concrete reality, on the basis of census data and registrations at the Chambers of Commerce. Generally, the trends which come to the fore are unexpected ones, and are characterized by both the recognition of important and not exclusively economic power, as well as the legal, economic and social limits which conditioned not only access to this kind of activity but also the way in which it was carried out
Authorization · Autonomy · Business · Census · Economic growth · Economic power · Economics · Family economy · Institution · Marital status · Market economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Social control · Social security · Social status · Sociology · Wife · Demography · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Italy: Economic History and Contemporary Issues · Law · Management, Economics, and Public Policy
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2002 - 2026 (25) |
| Highly cited | No |