Sex, honor and citizenship in early Third Republic France /

This book repositions French women's struggle for suffrage within the distinct cultural landscape of the masculine honor system, a system that celebrated male dueling and dictated the proper social and sexual forms of men's comportment prior to the First World War. Whether activists demand...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mansker, Andrea, 1972-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Series:Genders and sexualities in history.
Subjects:
1800-1940
Women's rights > France > History > 19th century.
Women > France > Social conditions > 19th century.
Femmes > Droits > France > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Femmes > France > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
Social & cultural history > c 1800 to c 1900 > France. > 20th century.
Gender studies: women > c 1800 to c 1900 > France. > 20th century.
European history > c 1800 to c 1900 > France. > 20th century.
Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 > c 1800 to c 1900 > France. > 20th century.
HISTORY > Europe > France.
HISTORY > Social History.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Feminism & Feminist Theory.
History.
Politics and government
Women > Social conditions
Women's rights
France > Politics and government > 1870-1940.
France > Politique et gouvernement > 1870-1940.
France
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 'Mademoiselle Arria Ly Wants Blood!'€The New Woman and the Debate over Female Honour
  • The Sexual Insult: Medicalized Views of Singleness during the Long Nineteenth Century
  • Rethinking Honour in the Republican Family: Fin-de-Sïcle Divorce Suits
  • The Honour of a Name: Marital Status, Property, and the Patronymic
  • The Feminist Politics of the Female Surplus: Constructing Citizenship through Singleness
  • Sexual Citizenship and the Political Culture of Shame in the Women's Movement
  • Conclusion: Giving the Lie
  • Notes
  • Index.

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