Disruptive Acts: The New Woman in Fin-De-Siecle France
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In fin-de-si cle France, politics were in an uproar, and gender roles blurred as never before. Into this maelstrom stepped the "new women," a group of primarily urban, middle-class French women who became the objects of intense public scrutiny. Some remained single, some entered nontraditional marriages, and some took up the professions of medicine and law, journalism and teaching. All of them challenged traditional notions of womanhood by living...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0226721248
ISBN13:9780226721248
Release Date:October 2002
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Length:364 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.6" x 9.3"
Related Subjects
History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Social Science Social Sciences Women in HistoryCustomer Reviews
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