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Women in contemporary culture : roles and identities in France and Spain /

This is the only comparative study of its kind, investigating how women construct their roles within the public sphere and highlighting the ways in which traditional versus modern values impact on female identity in France and Spain. Which female figures are proposed for our admiration? Who proposes...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Twomey, Lesley K.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bristol ; Portland, OR : Intellect, 2000.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This is the only comparative study of its kind, investigating how women construct their roles within the public sphere and highlighting the ways in which traditional versus modern values impact on female identity in France and Spain. Which female figures are proposed for our admiration? Who proposes them and what values do they represent? This study embarks on an analysis of such cultural icons, going on to address contemporary roles and issues concerning women in the two countries. Finally, Twomey shows how these two strands of discussion inform and interact with each other. The 20th Century.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vi, 194 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:1841508608
9781841508603
9781841500409
1841500402
128047730X
9781280477300