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

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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.

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Kraus, Natasha Kirsten, 1966-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Durham : Duke University Press, 2008.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Women > Social conditions.
Women > Legal status, laws, etc.
Women.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Feminism & Feminist Theory.
Femmes > États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 19e siecle.
Femmes > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Women > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States > History > 19th century.
Women > United States > Social conditions > 19th century.
Women > United States > History > 19th century.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.

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