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patriarchism

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Pa´tri`arch`ism
n.1.Government by a patriarch, or the head of a family.
patriarchism
a patriarchal government in a society or a church. — patriarchist, n.
See also: Government
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Adapting the English gentry's patriarchism and the Anglican Church's hierarchical authority to their own purposes, the great planters projected an image of themselves as the divinely chosen leaders of an idyllic plantation society--virtuous, good-natured "fathers," concerned for the spiritual and corporeal welfare of the enslaved blacks and other dependents (white women and children) who made up their plantation households.
Foul Means: The Formation of a Slave Society in Virginia, 1660-1740 by French, Scot / Journal of Social History
1) Patriarchism involved the 'subordination of children and women to the male head of family who held control over the wealth of the family, the sexuality of its women, and the labour power of all its members, free and slave'.
Onstage, offstage. Women and slaves in the theatre of protest by Naro, Nancy Priscilla / Portuguese Studies
 
 
 
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