Civilization without sexes : reconstructing gender in postwar France, 1917-1927 /

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In the raucous decade following World War I, newly blurred boundaries between male and female created fears among the French that theirs was becoming a civilization without sexes. This new gender confusion became a central metaphor for the War's impact on French culture and led to a marked incr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Roberts, Mary Louise (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©1994.
Colección:Women in culture and society.
Temas:
1900-1999
Sex role > France > History > 20th century.
Women > France > Social conditions.
World War, 1914-1918 > Social aspects > France.
World War, 1914-1918 > Women > France.
Rôle selon le sexe > France > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Femmes > France > Conditions sociales.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Aspect social > France.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Femmes > France.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gender Studies.
Sex role
Social aspects
Women
Women > Social conditions
Vrouwen.
Sekserol.
France
Sex roles
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; CONTENTS; Part Two
  • La Mere; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction This Civilization No Longer Has Sexes; Part One
  • La Femme Modeme; 1 This Being Without Breasts, Without Hips; 2 She Stood at the Center of a Shattered World; 3 Women Are Cutting Their Hair as a Sign of Sterility; Figures follow page 88; 4 A Matter of Life or Death; 5 Madame Doesn't Want a Child; Part Three
  • La Femme Seule; 6 There Is Something Else in Life besides Love; 7 We Must Facilitate the Transition to the New World; Conclusion
  • Are We Witnessing the Birth of a New Civilization?; Notes; Index.

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