[LMB] re Bujold characters

[onyxhawke at onyxhawke.com]

Hmm, doesn't ACC make reference to the Kouldelks girls going to school with Tatya VorBretten? It didn't seem like it was very Victorian. Even Piotr and Ezar seemed to be pushing education on the whole, not just for Vor or males.

There was a conversation that involved Piotr, Aral or both somewhere in CO about the educated "new men".


--
"It doesn't mean that I advocate violence, but at the same time, I am not against using violence in self-defense. I don't call it violence when it's self-defense, I call it intelligence." - Malcolm X  

-----Original Message-----
From: Elizabeth Holden <azurite at rogers.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 14:40:31 
To:"Discussion of the works of Lois McMaster Bujold." <lois-bujold at lists.herald.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [LMB] re Bujold characters

I asked about schooling for women in Barrayar and
Dorian said:

> I can't remember if there's any textev for this
> (probably not), 

No, I can't remember any specific reference either. By
Miles' time things are changing and schools are being
set up for everyone, but in the previous generation -
I can't recall references either way.

> but I always 
> have the impression that the Barrayaran female
> (unless of the poorest 
> classes) is educated to the point where she can
> read, write, and keep the household accounts.  

That's what I was imagining, just judging by parallels
to our own history.

> I don't see her as cold and self-important, myself. 
> More as duty-driven, 
> the more so as she has lost her husband. 

That makes sense, given the text; but it's hard for me
to be equally charitable towards her.

> I do think she softens a
> little round the edges once 
> she and Illyan get together, though.

I would like to think so.

> (BTW, what does "namaste" mean?)

"My spirit salutes your spirit."
 
namaste,
Elizabeth

-- 
Lois-Bujold mailing list
Lois-Bujold at lists.herald.co.uk
http://lists.herald.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lois-bujold