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Preferred term

Gortentellers  

Definition

  • Literally, grain counters; from images in 16th-17th c. Dutch art and literature of men who engage in the "womanly" roles of food preparation and minding the kitchen; embodied both the foolish and alarming results of gender role reversal

Entry terms

  • GRAIN COUNTERS, MEN

Notation

  • 112651

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-D9CXX0HK-J

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