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A review by whatshereadyesterday
The Book of the City of Ladies by Christine de Pizan
4.0
I spent most of the first half of "The Book of the City of Ladies" with my jaw on the floor. The contemporary in me wants to fist bump the air while the historian just wants to shrug and say "undefined feminism has always been there, you just have to look."
While Christine's welcome at the end to the ladies of this newly created city seems to contradict the book, I almost feel to evolve with this book is to, whether you like it or not, observe it as a product of its time and the time was heavily centered around the church and how women struggled or existed within it. It could be Christine's blind spot where the divinity never quite aligns with the system of Christianity. Regardless, I would be fascinated to read a Christian female studies criticism, the secular arguments of the forwards didn't entirely match with the text itself. But then I have a tendency to slightly turn into a reader of whatever time the classic was written.
But The Book of the City of Ladies, or at least its more secular arguments, COULD NOT BE anymore timely than right now in 2019. Every woman should take note.
While Christine's welcome at the end to the ladies of this newly created city seems to contradict the book, I almost feel to evolve with this book is to, whether you like it or not, observe it as a product of its time and the time was heavily centered around the church and how women struggled or existed within it. It could be Christine's blind spot where the divinity never quite aligns with the system of Christianity. Regardless, I would be fascinated to read a Christian female studies criticism, the secular arguments of the forwards didn't entirely match with the text itself. But then I have a tendency to slightly turn into a reader of whatever time the classic was written.
But The Book of the City of Ladies, or at least its more secular arguments, COULD NOT BE anymore timely than right now in 2019. Every woman should take note.