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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455286503321

Titolo

Sexuality and subordination [[electronic resource] ] : interdisciplinary studies of gender in the nineteenth century / / edited by Susan Mendus and Jane Rendall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1989

ISBN

1-280-32365-5

0-203-40278-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (269 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

MendusSusan

RendallJane <1945->

Disciplina

305.3

305.30941

Soggetti

Sex role - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Sex role - France - History - 19th century

Women - Socialization - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Women - Socialization - France - History - 19th century

Sex differences (Psychology) - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS

Sommario/riassunto

Sexuality and Subordination uses the insights of a range of disciplines to examine the construction of gender in nineteenth-century Britain and France. With contributions from history, literature, sociology and philosophy, its interdisciplinary approach demonstrates the extent to which a common focus can illuminate problems inaccessible to any single discipline. 'Victorianism' is generally understood to mean sexual double standards, hypocrisy and prudery among the middle classes. But, as this collection shows, the representation of sexuality in the nineteenth century was more dive