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The politics of gender in Victorian Britain : masculinity, political culture, and the struggle for women's rights /
"This groundbreaking history of Victorian politics, feminism and parliamentary reform challenges traditional assumptions about the development of British democracy and the struggle for women's rights and demonstrates how political activity has been shaped by changes in the history of mascu...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "This groundbreaking history of Victorian politics, feminism and parliamentary reform challenges traditional assumptions about the development of British democracy and the struggle for women's rights and demonstrates how political activity has been shaped by changes in the history of masculinity. From the second half of the nineteenth century Britain's all-male parliament began to transform the legal position of women as it reformed laws that had upheld male authority for centuries. To explain these revolutionary changes, Ben Griffin looks beyond the actions of the women's movement alone and shows how the behaviour and ideologies of male politicians were fundamentally shaped by their gender. He argues that changes to women's rights were not simply the result of changing ideas about women but also changing beliefs about masculinity, religion and the nature of the constitution and, in doing so, demonstrates how gender inequality can be created and reproduced by the state"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 352 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139224710 1139224719 9781139057530 1139057537 9781139221283 1139221280 1280485361 9781280485367 1139210025 9781139210027 1139222996 9781139222990 9786613580344 6613580341 1139218190 9781139218191 1139215108 9781139215107 |