Overview
- Examines women's lives and shifting discourses of womanhood in the two centuries since the French Revolution
Provides wideranging treatment of social, political and cultural change during the period
Incorporates the latest scholarship and original research
Part of the book series: Europe in Transition: The NYU European Studies Series (EIT)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction: The French Revolution and Gender Politics — Creating a World of Difference
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The Social Structures of Difference: The Nineteenth-Century Gender Order
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Sex and Citizenship, 1814–1914
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Women in the Era of the Great Wars, 1890–1944
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Transformations and Continuities, 1945–2003
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About this book
Focusing on women's contested place within the political nation, Women in France since 1789 examines:
- the on-going strength of notions of sexual difference
- recurrent debates over gender
- the anxiety created by women's perceived departure from ideals of womanhood
- major controversies over matters such as reproductive rights, significant cultural changes, and women's often under-estimated political roles.
By addressing and exploring these key issues, Foley demonstrates women's efforts over two centuries to create a place in society on their own terms.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Women in France Since 1789
Book Subtitle: The Meanings of Difference
Authors: Susan K. Foley
Series Title: Europe in Transition: The NYU European Studies Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-230-80214-8
Publisher: Red Globe Press London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2004
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 378
Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave
Topics: Clinical Psychology