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Women in the eighteenth century : Constructions of femininity

In recent years, much exciting work has been done by feminists working on the eighteenth century. This anthology will give students access to the kinds of documents by and about women which have been a major source for their analyses. The texts collected here demonstrate the construction in the period of a powerful, and still current, ideology of femininity and explore its effects on ideas of sexuality, women's education and women's writing - as well as illustrating the oppositional voices of early feminists. The texts included range widely: from 'conduct manuals' instructing women in proper behaviour, to pamphlets on prostitution; from medical texts defining female sexuality, to critical definitions of female writing; from anti-female satires, to French Revolution-inspired appeals for female equality.

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  • "In recent years, much exciting work has been done by feminists working on the eighteenth century. This anthology will give students access to the kinds of documents by and about women which have been a major source for their analyses. The texts collected here demonstrate the construction in the period of a powerful, and still current, ideology of femininity and explore its effects on ideas of sexuality, women's education and women's writing - as well as illustrating the oppositional voices of early feminists. The texts included range widely: from 'conduct manuals' instructing women in proper behaviour, to pamphlets on prostitution; from medical texts defining female sexuality, to critical definitions of female writing; from anti-female satires, to French Revolution-inspired appeals for female equality."@en
  • "Complementing the current upsurge in feminist writing on the eighteenth century, and giving students the chance to make their own re-readings of texts, this anthology gathers together a range of material from conduct manuals to medical texts."@en

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  • "Ressources Internet"
  • "Literary collections"
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  • "Aufsatzsammlung"
  • "Electronic books"@en
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  • "Criticism, interpretation, etc"

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  • "Women in the eighteenth century : Constructions of femininity"@en
  • "Women in the Eighteenth Century : Constructions of Femininity"
  • "Women in the Eighteenth Century Constructions of Femininity"
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  • "Women in the eighteenth century constructions of femininity"
  • "Women in the eighteenth century constructions of femininity"@en
  • "Women in the eighteenth century : construtions of femininity"
  • "Women in the eighteenth century : constructions of femininity"

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