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A New Type of Womanhood : Discursive Politics and Social Change in Antebellum America /

Sociological analysis of the ideology and the reality of True Womanhood as manifest in 19th century NY state culture and politics, as well as those feminist protests and legislative-/market-developments which revised this contradiction.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Kraus, Natasha Kirsten, 1966-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2008.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • True womanhood, the economy, and woman's rights
  • Reading antebellum history aporetically : renarrating womanhood, property rights, and the 1850s woman's movement
  • Gendered economies : the social meanings of womanhood
  • Gendered law : antebellum institutions regulating women, property, and contract
  • The antebellum woman's movement : reshaping the interimplicated relations of womanhood and contract
  • Conclusion: Structural aporias : questions, thoughts, and contemporary politics.